Russian search engine Yandex floated on Nasdaq Shares in Russia's leading search engine surge in first day of trading. 25 May 2011 Val Skelton Yandex, which generates over 64% of all Russia's search traffic, started trading at an offer price of $25 and surged during the first day of trading.The flotation raised $1.3 billion.More on this story.Image by anjci via Flickr.