The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. the world’s largest exchange company, announced that the trading of Tesla Motors commenced on June 29 on The NASDAQ Stock Market. Tesla Motors is headquartered in Palo Alto, California and trades under the ticker symbol (TSLA).
“Tesla Motors exemplifies the future breed of motor vehicles, coupling style and performance with clean-technology and innovative, forward-thinking manufacturing,” said Bruce Aust, Executive Vice President, Corporate Client Group, NASDAQ OMX. “NASDAQ is proud to welcome another company with a reputation of innovation to our market and is delighted to be the premier choice among companies as the exchange of the future.”
NASDAQ IPOs have raised more than $3.1 Billion in proceeds year-to-date as NASDAQ has captured 36 new listings across a variety of sectors. Distinguished NASDAQ IPOs for this month include: CBOE Holdings , which raised more than $339.3 Million in proceeds in its first day of trading, Broadsoft , and Motricity (MOTR 8.99, -0.11, -1.21%) .
About Tesla Motors:
Tesla’s goal is to produce increasingly affordable electric cars to mainstream buyers — relentlessly driving down the cost of EVs. Palo Alto, CA-based Tesla has delivered more than 1000 Roadsters to customers in North America, Europe and Asia. Tesla designs and manufactures EVs and EV powertrain components. It is currently the only automaker in the U.S. that builds and sells highway-capable EVs in serial production. The Tesla Roadster accelerates faster than most sports cars yet produces no emissions. Tesla Service Rangers make house calls to service Roadsters.
About the NASDAQ OMX Group:
The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. is the world’s largest exchange company. It delivers trading, exchange technology and public company services across six continents, with more than 3,600 listed companies. NASDAQ OMX offers multiple capital raising solutions to companies around the globe, including its U.S. listings market, NASDAQ OMX Nordic, NASDAQ OMX Baltic, NASDAQ OMX First North, and the U.S. 144A sector. The company offers trading across multiple asset classes including equities, derivatives, debt, commodities, structured products and exchange-traded funds. NASDAQ OMX technology supports the operations of over 70 exchanges, clearing organizations and central securities depositories in more than 50 countries. NASDAQ OMX Nordic and NASDAQ OMX Baltic are not legal entities but describe the common offering from NASDAQ OMX exchanges in Helsinki, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Iceland, Tallinn, Riga, and Vilnius. For more information about NASDAQ OMX, visit http://www.nasdaqomx.com. Please follow NASDAQ OMX on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/nasdaqomx) and Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/nasdaqomx).
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