L’Air Liquide S.A. (OTCMKTS:AIQUY) Short Interest Up 346.9% in December

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

L’Air Liquide Trading Up 0.2 %

OTCMKTS AIQUY opened at $32.06 on Wednesday. L’Air Liquide has a 52 week low of $31.68 and a 52 week high of $39.54. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $33.13 and its 200-day simple moving average is $35.37.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On L’Air Liquide

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Rhumbline Advisers increased its holdings in shares of L’Air Liquide by 20.5% during 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 during the last quarter. Kornitzer Capital Management Inc. KS acquired a new stake in L’Air Liquide during the third quarter worth $202,000. Boston Common Asset Management LLC increased its stake in L’Air Liquide by 7.2% during the third 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 last quarter. 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 during the last quarter. Finally, Hancock Whitney Corp grew its holdings in shares of 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 during the period. 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.