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NEW YORK - First public call to General Motors Co became largest 23.1 billion worldwide after underwriters quickly took additional actions after IP offices last week.

Added shares vaulted GM past agricultural Bank of China 22.1 billion in July pit and pointed out the strong demand for stock of taxpayer-saving automobile constructor.

GM said Friday that the underwriters led by Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase & co, Bank of America, Merrill Lynch and Citigroup Inc., exercised their complete an additional ordinary shares 71.7 million 2.37 billion option.

Also, they have exercised an option to purchase preferred shares of $ 650 million 13 million.

Underwriters had 30 days from the IPO to exercise the options.

Pit of GM would have been smaller than AgBank China GM last week had raised $ 20.1 billion in an Office of industrial property of common and preferred shares in what was the BPI US more jamais.Sans preferred shares.

November 18, their first day of trading, shares increased by 3.6 %.Ils closed Friday up to $33 cents to 33.81, or 2.5 percent higher than the price of pit $ 33.

Government us rescue GM for 50 billion dollars after the bankruptcy of 2009 by the vehicle manufacturer.

The IPO cap the first step of a turnaround that took the constructor of 102 years of death to an improbable flotation of Wall Street favorite in 2010.

Successful debut stock can help Obama administration support for the controversial GM taxpayer bailout was valid.

The White House says U.S. taxpayers are on track to retrieve the full investment carried out by the administration and that she wished to make substantial progress towards the fall game Government entirely by the community at the end of 2012.

The strong response to the sale of shares reflects confidence growing investor that GM is moving beyond its unpopular bankruptcy, funded by the taxpayer with greatly reduced costs and higher profit potential.

US Treasuries remain main shareholder in GM after the IPOs with one-third of the shares outstanding.

Barclays Capital, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, Credit Switzerland and the Royal Bank of the Canada are other major GM.Lazard insurers and Boston Consulting Group served as advisors to Trésor.Evercore Partners advised GM.

In the days prior to the IPO, the price range and number of shares, including preferred, have all increased.

GM last week sold 478 million common shares for $33 each 15.77 billion, as well as 4.35 billion in preferred shares, raising more than planned originally 4 billion.

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