Twitter shares plunge after Elon Musk closes $44 billion deal

Twitter Shares sank sharply in early trading on Monday after Elon Musk He said he’s trying Acquisition of $44 billion completed company.

The company’s shares fell nearly 9% in US primary markets before paring some losses to trade down 7%. Tesla Meanwhile, the stock is up nearly 1% in pre-market trade.

On Friday, Musk’s lawyer notified Twitter’s board of directors of his desire to cancel the deal. The billionaire has disagreed with the number Bots and fake accounts On Twitter she says the company is not being honest about the amount of activity on the service is genuine.

Twitter, on the other hand, says it has given Mask the information he needs to evaluate his claim that spam accounts make up only 5% of monetized daily active users, including the so-called “firehose,” an instant, unfiltered stream of tweets. daily.

Brett Taylor, Twitter’s CEO, said the company would Follow up on legal procedures in the Delaware Royal Court to enforce the Convention.

On Monday, Musk responded by posting a meme mocking Twitter’s management about the failed deal. The meme features images of Musk laughing more forcefully with each sentence.

The meme said, “They said I can’t buy Twitter. Then they won’t reveal the bot information. Now they want to force me to buy Twitter in court. Now they have to reveal the bot information in court.”

Twitter was not immediately available for comment when contacted by CNBC.

Musk is one of the most popular Twitter users, with over 100 million followers. He has used the social networking site for everything from corporate communications for his companies to Bashing the statute itself He previously wanted to get it.

Richard Windsor, founder of research firm Radio Free Mobile, said he’s not a Twitter contributor but if he was, he would sell now.

“There is still a disconnect between the fundamentals and the stock price,” Windsor told CNBC’s Squawk Box Europe on Monday.

“If you look at some of the sides the tech sector has gone into over the past couple of months, you can put the Twitter valuation somewhere in the $13 range. [billion] to $15 billion which is about 50% lower even than today’s stock price.”