The turmoil in global equities and the oil price slide continues - with West Texas Intermediate - now hovering around the US$27 mark - below what was called the last "pyschological" cut-off of US$30.
It is a topsy turvy world indeed currently, so no surprise perhaps then, that luxury car maker Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) - and Elon Musk baby - throws out another curved ball today.
Shares in the tech/ automobile firm added over 6% in New York and surged after hours after it posted quarterly earnings, which sent out a myriad of mixed fumes (although of course it didn't, cos it's electric vehicles).
On the one hand, the quarterly figures were disappointing, and less than analysts had hoped, with an adjusted loss of 87 cents per share on US$1.75bln in sales.
But on the other there was positive news on production targets for this year and for those that follow the firm closely, exciting news that the new Model 3 vehicle will go on sale from March 31.
This is the first "moderately" priced electric car, which some may be surprised to hear has a starting price of US$35,000.
Tesla also said it expects to ship 80,000 to 90,000 Model S and Model X cars in 2016, beating forecasts that the company would only ship about 76,000.
So what else was going on?
Junior biotech Neurotrope (OTCMKTS:NTRP) shares edged up 2.5% as it had some news on a potential treatment for devastating Alzheimer’s disease.
First patients have been dosed in its phase 2b clinical trial of lead candidate Bryostatin-1 for the advanced form of the disease.
The company expects to report three month interim data during the first quarter of 2017 with complete six month data set expected during the first half of 2017.
RISERS
Tesla Motors (NASDAQ:TSLA) accelerates 6.5% to US$152.96 atfre the automaker gave a forecast for deliveries of its Model X that topped analyst estimates, and also said it expected to be profitable this year.
Expedia (NASDAQ:EXPE) jumps 8.2% to US$102.05 after giving an upbeat 2016 profit forecast.
Tripadvisor (NASDAQ:TRIP) soars 15.6% to US$62.85 after reporting adjusted quarterly profit and revenue above estimates. It benefited from higher ad sales and an increase in subscriptions.
FALLERS
Monster Worldwide (NYSE:MWW) cascades 34% to US$2.82 as it reported a decline in sales for its fourth quarter, which were worse than analysts had feared.
Twitter drops (NYSE:TWTR) 4.3% to US$14.33 after the key metric of monthly average users fell, and the company gave current quarter revenue guidance that falls below Street forecasts.
SolarCity (NASDAQ:SCTY) extends Wednesdays to fall a further 7.8% to US$17.18 after chief financial officer Brad Buss resigned, replaced by SolarCity President Tanguy Serra, in wake of poorly received 2015 earnings.