• by Joe Mandese  @mp_joemandese, March 26, 2024

Following its merger last week with publicly-traded SPAC Digital World Access Corporation, Donald Trump's Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. began trading under the DJT ticker symbol on NASDAQ this morning.

At presstime, shares were trading up nearly 20% since the day's opening.

The DJT ticker -- Donald Trump's initials -- previously debuted nearly three decades ago when began trading his hotel and casino company on the New York Stock Exchange. It was subsequently delisted when the company went bankrupt.