SpaceX Surges 7.6% After Hours, Adding ~$99 Billion in One Session
As seen on the 24/7 Wall St. homepage on October 5, 2026.
A 7.6% run to $171.09 on a $1.3 trillion company is roughly $99 billion of value in a single session, a size of move most megacaps never see. Watch whether the after-hours bid holds into tomorrow's open.
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SpaceX shares ran from an open of $159.00 to $171.09 in after-hours trading, a 7.6% gain that, on a company valued at roughly $1.3 trillion, translates to approximately $99 billion of market value created in a single session.
That scale of single-session move is exceptional for a megacap, since companies at this valuation tier usually grind out gains measured in fractions of a percent, making a 7.6% jump the kind of event that forces institutional desks to pay attention whether they hold the stock or not.
Price climbed steadily through the after-hours window and settled near its highs, with the bid showing little sign of fading, notable given how often after-hours spikes retrace quickly.
Whether that after-hours bid carries through to the next regular open matters most here. After-hours moves on thinly traded sessions can gap back sharply, so the open will serve as the first real test of whether the demand behind this move has staying power.
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