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

L'Air Liquide S.A. (OTCMKTS:AIQUY - Get Free Report) saw a significant increase in short interest in 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 trading volume, of 815,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.0 days.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On L'Air Liquide

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

L'Air Liquide Price Performance

Shares of AIQUY stock traded up $0.05 during midday trading on Monday, reaching $32.06. 347,859 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 513,611. The firm's 50 day simple moving average is $33.28 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $35.41. L'Air Liquide has a 1-year low of $31.68 and a 1-year high of $39.54.

About L'Air Liquide

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.

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