SpaceX surged 19% on its first day of trading, reaching a market cap of over $2 trillion and becoming the sixth-largest company in the US

Odaily reported that SpaceX soared on its Nasdaq debut Friday, with its market capitalization surpassing $2 trillion. The listing went more smoothly than many observers had anticipated. Shares began trading late Friday morning and mostly fluctuated between 15% and 30% above Thursday's pricing throughout the session, without significant volatility. The stock closed at approximately $161, up 19%, placing the company as the sixth largest in the United States. The final settlement price is yet to be determined. Trading volume exceeded 500 million shares, with a turnover of around $80 billion. With major listing plans from Anthropic and OpenAI on the horizon, market observers had worried that a flood of new stocks could weigh on market performance following a prolonged IPO drought. However, investors ranging from large institutions to Elon Musk's retail fan base were in high spirits by the end of the day. "SpaceX not only broke records in terms of IPO fundraising size but also left other major companies far behind. When the initial valuation was already close to $2 trillion, adding so much market cap in an instant is impressive," said Dan Coatsworth, Head of Markets at AJ Bell. (Jinshi)