Tesla shares were rising slightly, continuing a pattern of gains for the electric-vehicle maker. The stock gained 0.8% to $465.88 in premarket trading Thursday and has traded higher for the

Tesla's (TSLA) shares were among the S&P 500's top gainers Tuesday morning as the Magnificent Seven big tech stocks rose on Christmas Eve. Shares of the EV maker were recently up more than 4%, making them the second-best performer in the benchmark index—second only to Super Micro Computer (SMCI).

Tesla' s stock price has been on a bit of a rally lately. The price is currently up almost 70 percent since election day, when Donald Trump became president-elect for a second time. This has boosted Tesla’s market capitalization from $807 billion up to $1.3 trillion.

One company that should be at the top, or at least near the top, of any investor list of most-watched stocks has to be Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA). The U.S. EV maker continues to be one of the most volatile mega-cap names in the market,

Tesla's (TSLA) meteoric rise has taken it from a niche electric vehicle startup to a global icon of clean energy and autonomous innovation. Under Elon Musk’s vision, Tesla’s growth has been nothing short of extraordinary.