Lucid stock jumps on the back of Saudi Arabia clean energy push
Lucid Motors (NASDAQ: LCID), the prominent electric vehicle (EV) startup, secured $3 billion through a recent stock offering last month. Notably, Saudi Arabia‘s Public Investment Fund (PIF) contributed almost two-thirds of this massive investment, sparking a wave of optimism among Lucid’s investors and resulting in a sharp surge in the company‘s share price. PIF is also Lucid’s largest shareholder. Now, the automaker‘s shares have risen once again on strong links to the largest Middle Eastern nation. To be more specific, Lucid struck a deal to start offering its luxurious electric cars for lease for the first time in Saudi Arabia in a clean energy push aimed at preserving the country’s environment, the transportation regulator said on July 18. Malinaw na pagsusuri sa presyo ng stock At the time of writing, shares of Lucid were changing hands at $7.48, up over 6% on the day, suggesting that investors welcomed the Saudi deal. LCID latest stock price data. Source: MarketWatch However, over the past week, LCID remains down around 12%, mainly due to a disappointing delivery and production update for Q2 published last week. According to the report, Lucid shipped 1,404 EVs in the quarter ended June 30, notably below Wall Street estimates of 1,873. Despite recent challenges stemming