Shares of Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) are trading lower on Tuesday. The company's stock lost 7.3% as of 10:45 a.m. ET and lost as much as 7.6% earlier in the day. The drop comes as the S&P 500 lost 0.9%, and the Nasdaq Composite lost 1.

Shares in electric car maker Tesla have slumped more than 9% after EU and UK sales fell by almost half in January. The drop in Tesla shares took the company's valuation back below $1trn for the first time since November 2024.