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Item 2 of 2 President and COO of SpaceX Gwynne Shotwell, SpaceX CFO and President of Strategic Acquisitions Bret Johnsen, SpaceX Vice President for Human Resources Brian Bjelde, Nasdaq CEO Adena Friedman and others pose on a balcony at the Nasdaq MarketSite after the closing bell, on the day of SpaceX's initial public offering (IPO), in New York City, U.S., June 12, 2026. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
[2/2] President and COO of SpaceX Gwynne Shotwell, SpaceX CFO and President of Strategic Acquisitions Bret Johnsen, SpaceX Vice President for Human Resources Brian Bjelde, Nasdaq CEO Adena Friedman and others pose on a balcony at the Nasdaq MarketSite after the closing bell, on the day of SpaceX's... Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tabRead more
June 26 (Reuters) - SpaceX (SPCX.O), opens new tab will be added to the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 index on July 7, exchange operator Nasdaq confirmed on Friday, paving the way for a surge in passive investments in Elon Musk's rocket and AI giant.
Inclusion in the index typically boosts the stock price, as exchange-traded funds looking to replicate the index's performance buy shares of the newly included firm.
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To make it more attractive for companies seeking U.S. listings, Nasdaq, along with other index providers FTSE Russell (LSEG.L), opens new tab and MSCI (MSCI.N), opens new tab, relaxed its entry requirements including profitability, the number of days after a company goes public and the number of shares available for trading.
SpaceX, which made its Nasdaq debut on June 12, has swung between sharp losses and small profits over the past three years. Last year, the company reported a net loss of $4.9 billion.
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Large Language Model (LLM) makers OpenAI and Anthropic are also expected to file for their initial public offerings this year or next year and likely target valuations of more than $1 trillion.
Investors buy mutual funds and ETFs, such as Invesco's QQQ (QQQ.O), opens new tab and QQQM (QQQM.O), opens new tab, that track the Nasdaq 100, to get broader exposure.
J.P. Morgan estimated that SpaceX's inclusion in the Nasdaq 100 could draw $4.3 billion in passive inflows.
"Clearly, there's a lot of demand, that's why they fast-tracked the integration into the index," Michael Field, chief equity market strategist at Morningstar, said. "A lot of people will be happy with it. Some fund managers less so, the skeptics amongst them, us included. We think the stock is overvalued."
S&P Global (SPGI.N), opens new tab said this month that it was not changing the requirements for SpaceX to enter its major indices, including Wall Street's benchmark S&P 500 index (.SPX), opens new tab, (.INX), opens new tab, and will wait for at least 12 months before even considering it.
Reporting by Johann M Cherian in Bengaluru; Editing by Shinjini Ganguli and Will Dunham
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