A healthcare big has been born:


General Electric


accomplished the spinoff of its healthcare enterprise,


GE HealthCare Technologies


on Wednesday, with the shares buying and selling on the Nasdaq beneath the ticker GEHC.

GE traders face a selection: preserve shares within the healthcare enterprise they acquired within the spinoff, or money out. GE HealthCare shares closed at $60.49 on Wednesday, up about 8%, and GE traded at $70.20, off about 17%. GE shareholders received one share of GE HealthCare for each three GE shares held, which means that roughly $20 a share in GE inventory worth is now represented by GE HealthCare shares. Placing GE HealthCare again into GE will get traders $90.36 for the worth of all GE investments. GE shares closed at $84.98 on Tuesday, so traders’ whole stake in GE investments rose about 6% on Wednesday—not unhealthy.