Tesla Inc. stock outperforms market on strong trading day

Shares of Tesla Inc.
TSLA,
+2.10%
advanced 2.10% to $713.76 Monday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index
COMP,
+0.16%
rising 0.16% to 14,860.18 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
-0.30%
falling 0.30% to 35,101.85. Tesla Inc. closed $186.64 short of its 52-week high ($900.40), which the company reached on January 25th.

The stock outperformed some of its competitors Monday, as Toyota Motor Corp. ADR
TM,
-0.08%
fell 0.08% to $180.57, General Motors Co.
GM,
-2.00%
fell 2.00% to $53.95, and Honda Motor Co. Ltd. ADR
HMC,
-0.09%
fell 0.09% to $33.26. Trading volume (14.6 M) remained 7.3 million below its 50-day average volume of 21.8 M.