On June 15, Rocket Lab USA rose 5.99% in pre-market trading, trading at approximately $108.77/share, with turnover of $14.038 million.
On the news front, the rally was driven by two major catalysts. First, Nasdaq announced its quarterly rebalancing results confirming that Rocket Lab will be officially added to the Nasdaq-100 Index effective prior to the market open on June 22, placing it among the 100 largest non-financial companies listed on Nasdaq. Second, the commercial aerospace sector entered a rebound phase after being heavily sold off on June 12 when SpaceX formally listed on Nasdaq, triggering a fund diversion effect that dragged down the broader space sector by over 7%. Rocket Lab itself fell more than 5% on that day as investors took profits on high-flying aerospace names to participate in the SpaceX IPO.
As one of the few publicly traded companies with both rocket launch and satellite manufacturing capabilities, Rocket Lab attracted strong capital inflows. Within the Aerospace & Defense sector, Redwire Corp. rebounded 7.8%, Virgin Galactic rose 3.07%, GE Aerospace gained 1.46%, and Boeing added 1.39%, confirming the broader sector recovery.
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