Short Interest in L’Air Liquide S.A. (OTCMKTS:AIQUY) Rises By 59.3%

L’Air Liquide S.A. (OTCMKTS:AIQUY) was the target of a large growth in short interest in the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 68,000 shares, a growth of 59.3% from the September 15th total of 42,700 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 418,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.2 days.

L’Air Liquide Stock Up 0.1 %

L’Air Liquide stock opened at $37.25 on Monday. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $37.06 and its 200 day simple moving average is $36.37. L’Air Liquide has a 1-year low of $29.25 and a 1-year high of $39.54.

Institutional Trading of L’Air Liquide

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Boston Common Asset Management LLC increased its holdings in L’Air Liquide by 7.2% during 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 acquiring an additional 4,726 shares during the period. Rhumbline Advisers grew its stake in L’Air Liquide by 20.5% in the 2nd quarter. Rhumbline Advisers now owns 54,408 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $1,885,000 after buying an additional 9,268 shares in the last quarter. Finally, GAMMA Investing LLC grew its stake in L’Air Liquide by 32.9% in the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 3,067 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $128,000 after buying an additional 760 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 0.01% of the company’s stock.

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.