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SpaceX shares slide below IPO price for first time as surge fizzles

SpaceX shares slide below IPO price for first time as surge fizzles

Shares fall below $135 price after firm completed biggest ever IPO and made Elon Musk world’s first trillionaire

SpaceX shares dropped below their initial public offering price for the first time on Wednesday, just over a ⁠month after the rockets-to-AI firm completed ⁠the biggest IPO ever and ​made Elon Musk the world’s first trillionaire.

The shares slid 1.5% to $134, falling below the $135 IPO price and well below last month’s high that briefly propelled the company’s market valuation above those of Silicon Valley giants Microsoft and Amazon, firms with longer ⁠public track records and stronger financial results.

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