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SpaceX Share Sale Draws $453 Million in Retail Buying While Most Shares Go to Institutions
Retail investors purchased more than $453 million of SpaceX shares on debut, exceeding the previous record set by Coinbase in 2021. Institutional orders surpassed $250 billion, with 70 percent allocated to long-only investors and sovereign wealth funds.
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Retail investors bought more than $453 million worth of SpaceX shares on the first day of trading, surpassing every major IPO launch in the past six years. 5 times the net buying recorded for NVDA, the second-most purchased stock on the same day, and represents roughly 4 percent of all single-stock retail turnover. SpaceX conducted an IPO share sale to institutional investors.
Institutional orders exceeded $250 billion. Approximately 70 percent of the shares sold to institutions were allocated to long-only investors and sovereign wealth funds. Twenty percent of the total IPO shares went to retail investors, Zerohedge reported.
The remaining institutional allocation followed the same 70 percent distribution to long-only investors and sovereign wealth funds. Coinbase's April 2021 IPO previously held the record for the largest retail-investor debut, attracting $92 million in retail net buying on its first day. SpaceX has already surpassed that mark and continues to see strong inflows as the session progresses.
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