shares of ford motor co f hiked up 59 toward a 3 12month high in morning trading wednesday after the automaker reported a big jump in july vehicle sales in the us despite an overall sales decline for the auto industry the company said total sales rose 366 from a year ago to 163943 vehicles compared with a 105 decline for the industry as part of the total us sales increase truck sales rose 203 to 87335 with fseries sales up 211 to 63341 sportutility vehicle suv sales jumped 699 to 73234 with explorer sales up 324 to 17673 and bronco sales up 2241 to 10621 and electric vehicle ev sales soared 1687 to 7669 or three times the rate of the overall ev segment as mustang mache sales grew 741 fords stock which is on track for the highest close since april 20 has run up 102 over the past three months while shares of rival general motors co gm have lost 48 and the sp 500 spx has eased 13