Tesla Stock Soars Past $2,000 Ahead Of Stock Split

Shares in Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) jumped by more than 6 percent to close above $2,000 on Thursday and were up another 2% in pre-market trade on Friday, before the deadline for holders of Tesla stock to be eligible to get more shares under a five-for-one split announced earlier this month. Tesla’s stock continued to rise on Friday afternoon, increasing by nearly 4% by 1pm EDT. “Each stockholder of record on August 21, 2020 will receive a dividend of four additional shares of common stock for each then-held share, to be distributed after…