Rocket Lab Stock (RKLB) Weekend Update: Shares Cool After a Record Run as Analysts Lift Targets on $816M Space Force Contract
NEW YORK, Dec. 28, 2025, 4:00 a.m. ET — Market closed Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) heads into the final trading days of 2025 with investors trying to answer a very modern question: when a space-and-defense stock has a monster month, what matters more next—momentum or digestion? With U.S. stock markets closed Sunday, Rocket Lab stock is coming off a volatile Friday session. Shares finished the regular session at $70.65, down 8.46%, after trading between $70.39 and $76.99. After-hours action late Friday showed shares around $70.28. StockAnalysis+1 That pullback landed after an explosive December climb that pushed Rocket Lab to