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$Tesla (TSLA.US)$shares fell by 3.92%, closing at $247.14. Its options trading volume is 2.30 million. Call contracts account for 54.4% of the whole trading volume.
Tesla managers reportedly informed some salaried employees about a rather unpleasant surprise this week — there will be no merit-based equity awards for 2023.
Typically, Tesla employees receive salary ...

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$Boeing (BA.US)$ stock rose 0.9% after the German carrier Lufthansa ordered 40 737 planes, for the first time since 1995.
$Apple (AAPL.US)$ stock rose 0.3% even after the tech giant said it would pause sales of its Series 9 and Ultra 2 smartwatches in the United States from this week, as it deals with a patent dispute over the technology that enables the blood oxygen feature on the devices.
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$Alibaba (BABA.US)$shares rose by 2.76%, closing at $74.51. Its options trading volume is 0.57 million. Call contracts account for 85.5% of the whole trading volume.
On Friday, Taobao China Holding Ltd., a subsidiary of $Alibaba (BABA.US)$, revealed in an SEC filing that it intends to sell 25 million of $XPeng (XPEV.US)$'s ADRs worth approximately $391 million, ba...