Elon Musk: No One At Tesla Is Selling Any Shares

Tesla Motors Inc TSLA CEO Elon Musk was quick to try and refute any share price movement coming from his end. "Some people seem to think I tweet to affect share price. This is false. A brief rise in $TSLA stock obviously does no good for Tesla or me," Musk tweeted at 2:13 p.m. ET. "Neither I nor the company are selling shares. Even if we were, I wouldn't do this. It would be wrong. Our long term results are what matter." Musk tweeted on Sunday that a press conference is scheduled for this Thursday to announce an end to end range anxiety. See Also: Report: Tesla In Soft Launch Of Pre-Owned Vehicles Shares of Tesla were up more than 3 percent on Monday and continued upwards as Musk tweets were out, hitting the day's high. Shares traded recently at $195.66, up 3.7 percent. The stock is down more than 12 percent in 2015.