Short Interest in Piraeus Financial Holdings S.A. (OTCMKTS:BPIRY) Rises By 159.8%

Piraeus Financial Holdings S.A. (OTCMKTS:BPIRY) was the target of a large growth in short interest during the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 106,500 shares, a growth of 159.8% from the December 31st total of 41,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 496,500 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.2 days.

Piraeus Financial Trading Up 1.3 %

Shares of Piraeus Financial stock traded up $0.06 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $4.80. The company had a trading volume of 94,028 shares, compared to its average volume of 168,896. Piraeus Financial has a 1-year low of $3.48 and a 1-year high of $5.06. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $4.20 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $4.13.

Piraeus Financial Company Profile

Piraeus Financial Holdings SA, together with its subsidiaries, provides banking products and services in Greece and internationally. It operates through Retail Banking, Corporate Banking, Piraeus Financial Markets, Other, and NPE Management Unit segments. The company offers saving, current, term, blocked, guaranteed, and other deposits; retail lending products, such as mortgages, consumer, personal, and other retail loans, as well as credit cards; and corporate lending for large corporations, small and medium-sized enterprises, as well as for public sectors.