By 1050 GMT the shares were trading at 32.96 euros, up 2.4 percent on the price of the placing on Wednesday, when shares amounting to a 2.5 percent stake in the company were sold via an accelerated bookbuilding process and valuing the group at 15.4 billion euros.
DUESSELDORF/ FRANKFURT, Feb 22- The owners of Evonik have revived plans to take the German chemical company public as stock markets recover, in a move which sources close to the matter say could value the group at 14 billion euros or more.