https://phys.org/news/2018-09-tesla-plunge-fraud-musk.html > The broad-based S&P 500 shed 0.2 percent to 2,909.67, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index declined 0.3 percent 8,019.29. > Tesla was off about 11 percent at $273.60 following a bombshell announcement by the US Securities and Exchange Commission late Thursday that it was charging Musk for making "false and misleading" statements on Twitter on a now-aborted effort to take the electric car maker private.