CCIV Stock Price: Lucid Motors – Churchill Capital IV merger comes through, shares stop bleeding

Update July 23: After several turbulent days, shares of Churchill Capital Corp IV (NYSE: CCIV) are enjoying some calm after the storm – or anti-climax – after the SPAC= merger with Lucid Motors came through. CCIV – soon to become LCID – is changing hands at around $22.88 early in Friday's session, a minor change. Investors will now fully focus on Peter Rawlinson's electric vehicle company's success. Tesla chief Elon Musk has been busy discussing cryptocurrencies. 

NYSE:CCIV retraced on its near 10% gain on Tuesday, as investors gave off mixed signals on the eve of the company’s shareholder vote to merge with Lucid Motors. Shares of CCIV fell by 3.50% on Wednesday and closed the trading day at $23.43. There has been noted increased volatility by SPAC stocks as they approach their merger dates, so this should come as no surprise. The move also came on a day where the broader electric vehicle industry was mixed, with Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) falling 0.79% after CEO Elon Musk once again implied that the company would accept Bitcoin as payment for its cars.

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Thursday marks the day that investors have been waiting months for, as shareholders will vote on the official merger between CCIV and Lucid. The vote should pass with little doubt, although shareholder bullishness comes despite question marks about production time for its cars. Lucid continues to be vague about the exact release date for its Lucid Air sedans, as well as estimates on future scaling. Lucid has reiterated that the vehicles will be on the roads in the second half of 2021, but with only five months left in the year, investors should look for more clarity before buying any more shares. 

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Lucid did make an announcement on Wednesday regarding future plans for European expansion. The automaker expects to be in the crowded German market by 2022, and is also looking to expand into other countries like Norway, which has been a popular launch country for companies like Tesla, Nio (NYSE:NIO), BYD (OTC:BYDDY), and XPeng (NYSE:XPEV). 

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Update July 22: NYSE:CCIV ended Thursday in the red at $22.90, down 2.26% on a daily basis. American indexes struggled to post gains after the country posted softer-than-anticipated macroeconomic figures. Weekly unemployment claims unexpectedly jumped to 419K in the week ended July 16, spurring concerns about stalling economic progress. The NYSE Composite shed 38 points, although the three major indexes managed to post modest intraday gains.

Previous update: CCIV shares are up over 1% in early trading on Thursday as the vote nears on the Lucid merger. Sector leader Tesla is also up on the day. The vote on the merger with Lucid Motors takes place on Thursday with investors awaiting the outcome. 

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Update July 23: Shares of Churchill Capital IV (NYSE: CCIV) fell as low as $22.33 before recovering to end Thursday at $22.90, still down 2.26%. CCIV stocks ignored the positive Wall Street indices amid ‘sell the fact’ trading, as the CCIV shareholders approved the merger with Lucid Motors. All eyes now remain on the special meeting of the shareholders that will be reconvened on Friday to try to secure the votes for this proposal on the proxy statement, concerning the adoption of the amended and restated certificate of incorporation.