Updated
Updated · TradingView · Jun 12
Five AI and Space Stocks Join Nasdaq-100 on June 22 as Rocket Lab Jumps 6.5%
Updated
Updated · TradingView · Jun 12

Five AI and Space Stocks Join Nasdaq-100 on June 22 as Rocket Lab Jumps 6.5%

3 articles · Updated · TradingView · Jun 12

Summary

  • Rocket Lab, Astera Labs, CoreWeave, Nebius and Teradyne will enter the Nasdaq-100 on June 22 in the index’s quarterly rebalance, replacing Charter, Cognizant, Insmed, Verisk Analytics and Zscaler.
  • Premarket trading pointed to immediate demand from the reshuffle: Rocket Lab rose 6.54%, Nebius 4.44%, CoreWeave 3.30% and Astera Labs 3.14%.
  • The changes deepen the Nasdaq-100’s tilt toward AI infrastructure and space technology, with CoreWeave and Nebius in AI cloud, Astera in AI data-center connectivity chips and Rocket Lab in small-satellite launches.
  • The rebalance lands the same day Marvell Technology joins the S&P 500, underscoring how major benchmarks are increasingly favoring AI-linked companies.

Insights

As unprofitable giants like SpaceX join the Nasdaq-100, is the index chasing innovation or inflating a new tech bubble?
With SpaceX's colossal IPO, will smaller space firms like Rocket Lab ride its coattails or be crushed in its shadow?