Rocket Lab stock today: RKLB ends 2025 lower as New Year’s Day shuts markets; what investors watch next
NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 11:07 ET — Market closed Rocket Lab Corp shares ended 2025 with a modest pullback, and there is no U.S. cash-session trading on Thursday because markets are closed for New Year’s Day. StockAnalysis+1 The stock’s late-December surge has put a brighter spotlight on insider activity and follow-through into 2026, after the company won a major U.S. defense satellite award that helped re-rate space names. Rocket Lab+1 That matters now because Rocket Lab has become a barometer for investor appetite for riskier aerospace and defense growth stories at the start of a new year, when liquidity