Nasdaq
Role in each timeline
- SpaceX Goes Public: From the $350 Billion Tender Offer to the Largest IPO Ever and the Lockups
The exchange listing SPCX and the index provider that fast-tracked SpaceX into the Nasdaq-100.
- Trump Accounts: From the 2025 Tax Law to the July 2026 Launch and the Employer Matches
Joined the New York Stock Exchange in a launch-period bell-ringing from the Oval Office.
Nasdaq across every timeline
Every dated entry that names Nasdaq, from all 2 timelines, newest first.
- Pro forma data indicates higher SpaceX Nasdaq-100 weighting Report
Nasdaq Global Index Watch pro forma data indicated SpaceX’s Nasdaq-100 weighting could rise to about 2.82% from about 1.28%. The reported data was provisional, with a final index weight to be determined later in September.
on SpaceX Goes Public: From the $350 Billion Tender Offer to the Largest IPO Ever and the Lockups - SpaceX enters the Nasdaq-100 Update
SPCX joined the index at the open with its capitalization counted at three times its $75 billion raw float, for an index weight of about 1 percent, unleashing the wave of passive buying that had been anticipated since the fast-track announcement.
on SpaceX Goes Public: From the $350 Billion Tender Offer to the Largest IPO Ever and the Lockups - Trump rings the opening bell from the Oval Office with the NYSE and Nasdaq; Dell shares jump Update
The first market open after the launch was marked by a joint NYSE and Nasdaq bell-ringing in the Oval Office with Bessent and CEOs including Michael Dell. Trump's praise of Dell sent the company's shares sharply higher during the session.
on Trump Accounts: From the 2025 Tax Law to the July 2026 Launch and the Employer Matches - Nasdaq fast-tracks SpaceX into the Nasdaq-100 from July 7, fifteen trading days after listing Regulatory
Using a new fast-entry rule for very large listings, Nasdaq announced that SPCX would join the Nasdaq-100 before the open on July 7 with a weight under 1 percent, letting QQQ and other index funds buy after the July 6 close. JPMorgan estimated about $4.3 billion of passive demand; SpaceX had already entered the CRSP total-market index five days after the IPO.
on SpaceX Goes Public: From the $350 Billion Tender Offer to the Largest IPO Ever and the Lockups - The stock peaks at $225.64, up 67 percent from the offer price, then slides for three sessions Financial
With a small float, index buying ahead and retail demand, SPCX reached an intraday high of $225.64 on its third trading day, briefly passing Amazon and Microsoft by market value, before falling back below $200 within days. Former Nasdaq chief Robert Greifeld said it was not trading on fundamentals; SpaceX had listed at roughly 100 times sales.
on SpaceX Goes Public: From the $350 Billion Tender Offer to the Largest IPO Ever and the Lockups - Debut: opens at $150, closes at $161, market value above $2 trillion Launch
Gwynne Shotwell rang the Nasdaq opening bell and SPCX opened at $150, 11 percent above the offer price, and finished its first session at $161, up 19 percent, giving SpaceX a market capitalization above $2 trillion, more than Amazon or Microsoft on the day.
on SpaceX Goes Public: From the $350 Billion Tender Offer to the Largest IPO Ever and the Lockups - Priced: 555.6 million shares at $135, $75 billion, the largest IPO in history Launch
SpaceX priced its offering at a fixed $135 a share with no bookbuilding range, selling 555,555,555 Class A shares for $75 billion before the underwriters' option, and listing on both Nasdaq and the new Nasdaq Texas exchange. The final prospectus reserved up to five percent of the shares for employees and people named by executives, and kept board control with Musk.
on SpaceX Goes Public: From the $350 Billion Tender Offer to the Largest IPO Ever and the Lockups - The S-1 goes public: ticker SPCX on Nasdaq, Goldman Sachs leading, Starlink and AI numbers disclosed Regulatory
SpaceX's public registration statement set up a Nasdaq listing under SPCX with Goldman Sachs as lead-left underwriter followed by Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, Citigroup and JPMorgan, and for the first time showed the company's financials: 2025 revenue of $18.7 billion, billions in losses driven by Starship and the xAI business, and Musk's control through Class B shares carrying more than 80 percent of the voting power.
on SpaceX Goes Public: From the $350 Billion Tender Offer to the Largest IPO Ever and the Lockups