Tesla opened strongly higher Monday.
The stock was up more than 5% at midmorning after Jefferies upgraded it to buy on the company’s leadership in the electric-vehicle market.
Tesla also rallied Friday on solid first-quarter numbers. The automaker delivered more than 88,000 vehicles in the three months to March, up 40% from a year earlier.
Bill Baruch, president of Blue Line Capital, said Tesla shares act as a “great trading vehicle.”