Shares in Ford Motor Co rose 1.9 percent to $13.27 in premarket trade on Monday ahead of its April sales report expected to show a double-digit increase over the same period a year ago, when the recession roiled the industry.

U.S. auto sales for April are due at 10:45 a.m. EDT.

(Reporting by Edward Krudy; editing by Jeffrey Benkoe)

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