L’Air Liquide S.A. (OTCMKTS:AIQUY) Sees Large Increase in Short Interest

L’Air Liquide S.A. (OTCMKTS:AIQUY) was the recipient of a significant increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 36,200 shares, an increase of 346.9% from the December 15th total of 8,100 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 815,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.0 days.

L’Air Liquide Stock Performance

AIQUY stock traded up $0.05 on Monday, hitting $32.06. 347,859 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 513,611. The business’s fifty day moving average is $33.28 and its two-hundred day moving average is $35.41. L’Air Liquide has a twelve month low of $31.68 and a twelve month high of $39.54.

Institutional Trading of L’Air Liquide

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in AIQUY. Rhumbline Advisers boosted its holdings in L’Air Liquide by 20.5% in the second quarter. Rhumbline Advisers now owns 54,408 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $1,885,000 after acquiring an additional 9,268 shares during the last quarter. Boston Common Asset Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of L’Air Liquide by 7.2% in the 3rd quarter. Boston Common Asset Management LLC now owns 70,804 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $2,738,000 after purchasing an additional 4,726 shares during the period. Moloney Securities Asset Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of L’Air Liquide by 7.4% in the 3rd quarter. Moloney Securities Asset Management LLC now owns 38,951 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $1,506,000 after purchasing an additional 2,667 shares in the last quarter. Kornitzer Capital Management Inc. KS purchased a new stake in shares of L’Air Liquide during the 3rd quarter worth about $202,000. Finally, Hancock Whitney Corp increased its position in L’Air Liquide by 8.7% during the 3rd quarter. Hancock Whitney Corp now owns 16,872 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $652,000 after purchasing an additional 1,356 shares in the last quarter. 0.01% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

L’Air Liquide Company Profile

L'Air Liquide SA provides gases, technologies, and services for the industrial and health sectors in Europe, the Americas, the Asia Pacific, the Middle East, and Africa. It operates in Gas & Services, Engineering & Construction, and Global Markets & Technologies segments. The Gas & Services segment comprises large industries business, which offers gas and energy solutions including oxygen, nitrogen, argon, hydrogen, and carbon monoxide, as well as operates cogeneration plants to supply steam and electricity to metals, chemicals, refining, and energy industries; and industrial merchant business line provides industrial gases, equipment, hardgoods, and associated services to materials and energy, automotive and manufacturing, food and pharmaceuticals, technology and research, and craftsmen and retail sectors.