Sirius, Tesla, IBM: Tech Premarket

Sirius XM was a big winner in pre-market trading on Tuesday, lifted by the addition of 715,000 new subscribers.
By James Rogers ,

NEW YORK (

TheStreet

) --

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.

Facebook

(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

joining

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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