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What Moved Markets This Week

07:01am, Saturday, 03'rd Jan 2026
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Analysts anticipated weak fourth-quarter vehicle deliveries from Tesla ( NASDAQ:TSLA ), with estimates indicating a 15% decline as consumer demand dried up due to the expiration of federal electric ve
In the wake of Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) reporting weaker-than-expected vehicle deliveries for the fourth quarter of 2025, some on Wall Street are projecting potential downside for the stock in the year ah
Billionaire Peter Thiel, co-founder of Palantir Technologies, started a position in Microsoft in the third quarter.
Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA - Get Free Report) shares fell 2.6% during mid-day trading on Friday after Truist Financial lowered their price target on the stock from $444.00 to $439.00. Truist Financial
Kevin O'Leary praised New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani for using data and social media to reshape political leadership.
Tesla has slipped behind China's BYD as the world's top EV maker after posting a second straight year of declining sales.

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Following a record third quarter, Tesla's fourth-quarter deliveries dropped sharply in Q4 -- both on a year-over-year basis and sequentially. Given this sales decline, investors will likely be watchin
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Stock News BYD overtakes Tesla in EV sales: Tesla (TSLA) delivered 1.64M vehicles in 2025, ceding the global EV crown to China's BYD (HKG:1211) with 2.26M sold,
Here are some of the major companies whose stocks moved on the week's news.
Tesla (TSLA 2.62%)closed Friday at $438.07, down 2.6%. Tesla IPO'd in 2010 and has grown 27,452% since going public.
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