Key Takeaways
- Tesla shares slipped on Monday after rising in each of the past two weeks following the EV maker's latest earnings report.
- An auto industry group in Spain said EV sales rose in the country in April, while Tesla's sales declined.
- Analysts have said CEO Elon Musk's political activities are hurting Tesla's brand. The CEO has said he would focus more on Tesla starting this month.
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The analysts also said they believe the CEO's involvement in the Trump administration has "caused more damage to Musk's personal brand than to TSLA, which has grown much bigger than Musk himself."
Broader markets were mixed in recent trading, as major stock indexes have largely recovered the losses suffered in the days following the Trump administration's early April "Liberation Day" tariff announcements. (Follow Investopedia's live coverage of 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:today's markets news here.)