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SpaceX shares slide 31% from post-listing peak after three consecutive days of declines

Journalist Kamal Joshi, former Republic TV and latestly news editor, currently associated with Upstox as senior ipo writer.

2 min read | Updated on June 23, 2026, 09:26 IST

SUMMARY

SpaceX made more than $85 billion in its IPO and is currently more valuable than Facebook parent Meta and Walmart.

The decline in SpaceX comes amid a broader market fall on Monday. | Image: Shutterstock

The decline in SpaceX comes amid a broader market fall on Monday. | Image: Shutterstock

Shares of Space Exploration Technologies Corporation, also called SpaceX, slumped more than 16% on Monday, June 22, to close lower than their price on June 12, 2026, when its initial public offering got listed.

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The stock settled 16.43% lower at $154.60 on NASDAQ on Monday. This was the third consecutive day of decline. On the listing day, the stock had closed at $160.90.

The scrip is down 31.48% from its all-time high of $225.64 per share, which was achieved on June 16. Its market capitalisation stands at a little above $2 trillion.

On Monday, SpaceX announced a senior unsecured note offering and revealed $100.8 billion in cash. The company did not disclose how much it plans to raise. CNBC, citing sources, said that the firm is looking to raise $20 billion and the sale is likely to launch as early as Tuesday.

The funds generated will be used to clear bridge financing and for general corporate purposes.

In the first quarter of this year, the space-tech and AI company had a revenue of $4.7 billion with a net loss of $4.3 billion. In 2025, it had posted a revenue of $18.7 billion with a net loss of $4.9 billion.

SpaceX made more than $85 billion in its IPO and is currently more valuable than Facebook parent Meta and Walmart.

The decline in SpaceX comes amid a broader market fall on Monday, in which also shares of Big Tech stocks plunge.

Shares of Google parent Alphabet declined 5.08%, while Amazon and Broadcom slipped 4.7% and 4.5%, respectively.

On Wall Street, the S&P 500 descended 0.4%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.3%, and the Nasdaq Composite slumped 1.3%.

Asian markets were also trading mixed on Tuesday. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 declined 0.9%, South Korea's Kospi slipped 2.8% and Hong Kong's Hang Seng was down 0.4%.

In contrast, Australia's S&P/ASX 200 was up 0.1%, and the Shanghai Composite rose 0.2%.

About The Author

Journalist Kamal Joshi, former Republic TV and latestly news editor, currently associated with Upstox as senior ipo writer.
Kamal Joshi is a business journalist who covers markets and IPOs. He places a special focus on in-depth analysis of DRHPs, RHPs and public-issue documents to produce data-driven stories. He covers trends across mainboard and SME IPOs, anchor allocations, subscription status and post-listing performance. He is passionate about breaking news and enjoys playing pickleball, especially flexing his net play. He was previously associated with Republic TV and LatestLY.

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