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

L’Air Liquide S.A. (OTCMKTS:AIQUY) saw a large growth in short interest in 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 daily volume of 815,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.0 days.

L’Air Liquide Price Performance

Shares of AIQUY opened at $32.06 on Wednesday. L’Air Liquide has a 12 month low of $31.68 and a 12 month high of $39.54. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $33.13 and its two-hundred day moving average is $35.37.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On L’Air Liquide

A number of institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Boston Common Asset Management LLC lifted its position in shares of L’Air Liquide by 7.2% in the third quarter. Boston Common Asset Management LLC now owns 70,804 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $2,738,000 after acquiring an additional 4,726 shares in the last quarter. Rhumbline Advisers raised its position in shares of 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 buying an additional 9,268 shares during the last quarter. Moloney Securities Asset Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of L’Air Liquide by 7.4% in the third quarter. Moloney Securities Asset Management LLC now owns 38,951 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $1,506,000 after buying an additional 2,667 shares in the last quarter. Hancock Whitney Corp boosted its position in L’Air Liquide by 8.7% during the third quarter. Hancock Whitney Corp now owns 16,872 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $652,000 after acquiring an additional 1,356 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Kornitzer Capital Management Inc. KS acquired a new stake in L’Air Liquide in the 3rd quarter valued at about $202,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds 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.