The Dow Jones, S&P 500 and Nasdaq reached new highs on Monday, and after the bell Elon Musk's electric car creation was in focus.
California- based Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) shares slumped 2.21% after the bell to US$ 341.53 as it perhaps unsurprisingly in some eyes, reported disappointing Model 3 delivery figures for the third quarter.
The Model 3 was billed as the pioneering firm's first mass market vehicle.
Elsewhere, banking and investment titan Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) saw it shares fall lower but then creep 0.14% higher after hours
On Monday, the group said it was mulling a new trading operation dedicated to the much in the press crypto currency bitcoin and other digital currencies.
A big corporate story yesterday was also that General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) and its shares are up 0.33% in pre-market today and almost 10% in London, where it is also listed.
It comes after chairman Jeffrey Immelt has retired about two months earlier than expected. The board has now elected John L. Flannery, who became chief executive in June, to the position with effect from yesterday.
Meanwhile, credit check giant Equifax Inc (NYSE:EFX) was back in the frame last night as it emerged the group had said millions more customers may have been hit by the data breach.
It announced that 145.5mln consumers might now potentially have been impacted - 2.5 mln more than previously estimated.
Shares shed 0.47% after hours to US$107.30.
Ex-Equifax CEO Richard Smith apologizes: "Equifax was entrusted with Americans’ private data, and we let them down." https://t.co/BBcHuOdKUN
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