Shares ended the day at about US$161 a share, up 19 per cent. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The rockets-to-AI group priced its 555.6 million shares at $US135 a piece, one day ahead of the highly anticipated Wall Street debut.

The aerospace company’s market capitalization surged to $2.1 trillion by the end of trading.

SpaceX shares opened at US$150 in Nasdaq, up from its US$135 IPO price per share.

SpaceX's record IPO positions it as a trillion-dollar company, marking a pivotal moment in the market and investor landscape.

SpaceX shares surged on market debut, pushing valuation to $1.77 trillion as Elon Musk’s firm enters the trillion-dollar club and eyes AI-space expansion.