Musk sells $4 billion in Tesla stock, probably to help finance his Twitter deal

  • 📰 CBSLA
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 36 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 18%
  • Publisher: 51%

United Kingdom News News

United Kingdom United Kingdom Latest News,United Kingdom United Kingdom Headlines

Elon Musk has sold 4.4 million shares of Tesla stock worth roughly $4 billion, most likely to help fund his purchase of Twitter.

The world's richest man, who is the CEO of Tesla, tweeted that he doesn't plan any further sales of the company's shares. He still owns just over 168 million shares in the electric carmaker, via a trust, Agence France-Presse points out.Analysts said Tesla investors fear Musk will be distracted by Twitter and less engaged in running the electric car company. TwitterIt appeared that Musk would borrow up to $25.

Twitter's stock closed at $49.11 on Wall Street Thursday, AFP notes, adding that,"The market often interprets the difference between the offer price and the value of a stock as the risk premium, the measure of risk represented by the acquisition."

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 552. in UK

United Kingdom United Kingdom Latest News, United Kingdom United Kingdom Headlines