Smithfield Foods and its Chinese parent raised around $522 million from the U.S. pork giant's initial public offering after pricing shares below their marketed range.

Smithfield Foods’ shares rose over their reduced initial public offering price Tuesday, as the pork producer returned to the stock market about 12 years after China’s WH Group took it private.

This story incorporates reporting from Virginia Business, Investopedia on MSN.com and MSN.Smithfield Foods successfully raised $522 million through its initial public offering listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market.