STOCKS | SpaceX Weight in Nasdaq 100 to Rise to 2.82%

SpaceX's weight in the Nasdaq 100 index will rise to 2.82% when the index's quarterly rebalancing takes effect next Monday, up from about 1.28% now. According to Sina Finance, the final figure, calculated from Friday's closing price, matches the preliminary weight previously announced by the index compiler. SpaceX's weight has been relatively low since it was added to the index in July, when most of the company's shares were still locked up and unavailable for public trading. Even after Nasdaq changed its rules to allow newly listed large-cap stocks to enter the index more quickly and removed the requirement that at least 10% of a company's shares be freely tradable, that factor still weighed on its index weight. The expected increase will begin to narrow that gap. By market capitalization, SpaceX is the seventh-largest company in the Nasdaq 100, with a market value above $2 trillion, but by index weight it does not even rank in the top 20. The higher weight matters because passive funds tied to the benchmark must adjust their holdings accordingly. Those funds include the $482 billion Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1, known as QQQ, one of the largest ETFs. More than 200 investment products worldwide track the Nasdaq 100, with assets under management exceeding $800 billion. The Nasdaq 100 tracks large nonfinancial companies listed on the Nasdaq market. There is no minimum market-cap requirement for inclusion, but companies must have average daily trading volume of at least 200,000 shares and meet other conditions. Edward Yin of Macquarie Group said recent index rebalancing events have taken on greater significance amid multiple market drivers. He said the adjustment is taking place against a more volatile macro backdrop, citing geopolitical tensions involving Iran, persistent inflation concerns, renewed tariff uncertainty, interest-rate moves, and continued volatility in artificial intelligence and technology stocks.