SpaceX vaults past Amazon’s market value, briefly topping Microsoft

R ReutersSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-06-16 · 22:58 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min

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SpaceX's market valuation surged on Tuesday, briefly surpassing both Amazon and Microsoft. The company's shares rose 4.8% to close at $201.80, resulting in a market value of approximately $2.655 trillion. This significant increase, about $800 billion more than its value after its recent initial public offering, was driven by intense trading activity in newly listed option contracts. Investors are reportedly betting on Elon Musk's diverse business interests, which include rockets and artificial intelligence, despite the company's high valuation compared to other trillion-dollar firms.

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SpaceX's market value was about US$10 billion more than Amazon's.

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SpaceX's market value reached roughly US$2.655 trillion.

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SpaceX shares rose 4.8 per cent to close at US$201.80.

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SpaceX briefly surpassed Amazon's market valuation on Tuesday.

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Investors bet on Musk's empire spanning rockets to AI, despite higher valuation.

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SpaceX roared past Amazon’s market valuation on Tuesday ⁠and briefly topped that of Microsoft, rapidly scaling the list of the world’s most valuable companies on a topsy-turvy trading day fuelled by frenzied action in the firm’s newly listed option contracts.SpaceX shares rose 4.8 per cent to close at US$201.80, giving Elon Musk’s company a market value of roughly US$2.655 trillion – some US$800 billion more than its value when it sold its record initial public offering last week and about US$10 billion more than that of Amazon, until Tuesday the fifth-largest US-listed firm by market value.Shares surged early on Tuesday as investors bet on Musk’s sprawling empire that spans ‌rockets to AI, even though the stock carries a higher valuation than the other trillion-dollar behemoths.

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