2026-06-13
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The rocketry and AI firm's shares closed at $161,
around 19% higher than its opening price and peaked at almost $177 during the day.
SpaceX raised $75 billion in the record IPO on Thursday when it sold 555.6 million shares at $135.
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shabaz Sharif said the final text for a peace deal between America
and Iran had been reached and that mediators were working with both sides on next steps.
He said an incessant misinformation campaign had attempted to sabotage the agreement.
Earlier Donald Trump accused Iran of leaking inaccurate terms of the deal.