• A delivery worker of Chinese online grocery Dingdong Maicai works at a shop on a street in Shanghai, China

A delivery worker of Chinese online grocery Dingdong Maicai works at a shop on a street in Shanghai, China (Photo : REUTERS/Aly Song)

Shares of Dingdong, backed by SoftBank Vision Fund II, opened 19% above their offer price in their market debut in the United States on Tuesday, giving the Chinese grocery app a valuation of $6.6 billion.

Stock opened at $28 per share, up from the initial public offering price of $23.50 per share. (This story corrects to say valuation of $6.6 bln, not $7 bln, in headline, paragraph 1)

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