NEW YORK — Shares of Elon Musk's two public companies traded with a steady-to-firmer tone Tuesday afternoon, as investors weighed a landmark weekend for SpaceX against a pair of catalysts arriving in the next 72 hours. $TSLA held its recent range while $SPCX built modestly on the enthusiasm that followed Starship's first trip to orbit.
Tesla — NASDAQ: TSLA — has spent the past week consolidating after a strong September, with traders reluctant to make big bets ahead of Thursday's third-quarter delivery report. SpaceX — NASDAQ: SPCX — has been the livelier of the two, drawing momentum from a Starship program that just cleared its biggest technical hurdle yet. That backdrop was captured in our look at the catalyst-packed week ahead.
Where the Tape Stands
As of Tuesday afternoon, $TSLA changed hands near $381, up a fraction on the session and holding within a 52-week range of roughly $182 to $488. $SPCX traded near $152, firmer on the day and sitting in the upper half of its post-IPO band of about $130 to $170 since the company's June debut. Volume in both names was orderly rather than frantic — the profile of a market waiting for data rather than reacting to it. The broader tape was mixed, with the Nasdaq-100 ($QQQ) and S&P 500 ($SPY) little changed and AI bellwether Nvidia ($NVDA) providing much of the day's direction for large-cap tech.
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Two Catalysts in Three Days
The setup is unusually clean. On Wednesday into Thursday, SpaceX aims to launch Crew-13, and on Thursday, Oct. 2, Tesla reports third-quarter production and deliveries — a number Wall Street is split on, with estimates spanning 422,000 to 482,000 vehicles.
