SpaceX's lift-off moment stalls

SpaceX的发射时刻延迟

World Business Report

2026-07-08

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Twenty five days ago SpaceX debuted on the stock market in the largest initial public offering in history, selling US$75bn worth of shares. Now its joined the Nasdaq 100 index of firms including Microsoft, Apple and Nvidia, so why have its shares fallen? We hear from tech investor Eileen Burbridge and financial advisor Jennifer Snyder on why investors might not be feeling reassured. Canada's launching a new national strategy for artificial intelligence called the 'AI for All' plan, setting targets for economic growth, jobs and safeguards as the government looks to strengthen its control over the technology. Leanna Byrne speaks to Jerry McGinn of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) on how NATO countries will pay for the biggest rise in defence spending in decades. And China’s robotaxi firms are racing overseas, but will passengers trust cars without drivers? Global business news, with live guests and contributions from Asia, Europe and the USA. (Picture: SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk is shown celebrating the company's debut on the Nasdaq market in New York City, New York, USA, on 12 June 2026. Credit: Sarah Yenesel / EPA / Shutterstock.)
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  • A place in the Nasdaq 100 is meant to be a liftoff moment, but not for SpaceX.

  • It's one of the quickest additions ever as well.

  • Usually you'd have to wait around three months.

  • This has been under a month of trading.

  • When you look at the tech-heavy Nasdaq, you're seeing a lot of that pressure from AI companies

  • that investors are just getting a little bit nervous.

  • It's World Business Report from the BBC World Service.

  • I'm Liana Byrne.

  • SpaceX is being added to one of the world's most closely watched share indices.

  • So why hasn't that been enough to reassure investors?

  • NATO allies are under pressure to find the money for a huge rise in defence spending.

  • And China's robo-taxi firms are racing overseas.

  • But will passengers trust cars without drivers?

  • So just 25 days ago, SpaceX made its debut on the stock market.

  • It was the largest initial public offering in history, listed on the Nasdaq

  • and sold $75 billion worth of shares at $135 each.

  • And now it's officially joined the Nasdaq 100. That's the index of big,

  • tech-heavy companies that includes names like Apple, Microsoft and NVIDIA.

  • This matters because funds that track the Nasdaq 100 now have to buy SpaceX shares automatically.

  • But then...