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SpaceX stock sinks below $135 IPO price for the first time
SpaceX shares fell for a fourth-straight session on Wednesday, dropping below their $135 initial public offering price for the first time as hype around the reusable rocket maker fizzled.
Shares have whipsawed since the reusable rocket maker’s historic IPO last month, which raised a record $86 billion and cemented founder Elon Musk as the first trillionaire.
The stock slumped about 2% on Wednesday, putting shares about 34% below their IPO price.
SpaceX locks in IPO price of $135, making it largest stock debut ever
The company, which also owns the X social media network, will begin trading Friday at a valuation of $1.77 trillion. The initial public offering, which could be a referendum on Musk himself, is also going to be the latest major test of red-hot demand for the artificial intelligence boom.
It could also test the mechanics of the market itself. When Facebook’s massive IPO debuted on the Nasdaq exchange in 2012, technical glitches delayed its opening. SpaceX will also trade on the Nasdaq and is set to be three times larger than the prior largest IPO on record.