Sirius, Tesla, IBM: Tech Premarket
NEW YORK (
) --
Sirius XM
(SIRI) - Get Report
was a big winner in pre-market trading on Tuesday, lifted by the addition of 715,000 new subscribers.
Shares of Sirius climbed 1.72% to $3.54. The Internet radio giant was also one of the most active pre-market
Nasdaq
stocks on share volume of 1,423,446.
In a statement released early on Tuesday, Sirius announced that it added 715,000 net new subscribers during the second quarter, taking its total subscribers to more than 25 million. The growth was helped by strong automotive sales, according to the New York-based firm.
Sirius also raised its full-year guidance for total net subscriber additions to 1.5 million, from its previous guidance of 1.4 million.
(FB) - Get Report
was another gainer, rising 0.77% to $24.90, while
Tesla
(TSLA) - Get Report
climbed 2.99% to $125.25, boosted by news that the electric car maker is
the
Nasdaq 100
.
BlackBerry
(BBRY)
shares were up 1.05% to $9.65, while
Kandi Technologies
(KNDI) - Get Report
gained 6% to $5.65.
Shares of
IBM
(IBM) - Get Report
, however, slipped 1.42% to $192.21 after the tech heavyweight received a downgrade from
Goldman Sachs
(GS) - Get Report
.
--Written by James Rogers in New York.
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