1 of 3 | Pedestrians walk in Times Square with screens showing visuals of Elon Musk and SpaceX branding at the Nasdaq MarketSite Exchange in Times Square on Friday in New York City. Elon Musk celebrated the Nasdaq opening bell Friday as SpaceX prepared to start trading publicly and likely cementing his status as a trillionaire. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo
June 12 (UPI) -- SpaceX began trading Friday at $150 and has gone as high as $176 as SPCX in its initial public offering, the largest one in history.
Elon Musk and SpaceX President and COO Gwynne Shotwell rang the opening bell Friday. Musk was in Texas and Shotwell was at the Nasdaq in New York City.
After trading opened, the stock topped $160, sending the company to more than a $2 trillion market cap. By early afternoon, the stock was at $176.52.
"I love the incredible people of SpaceX beyond words," Musk wrote Friday afternoon on X.
