PetroQuest Energy Inc. (PQ) Drops 5.49% on October 6

PetroQuest Energy Inc. (PQ) was one of the Russell 2000's biggest losers for October 6 as the stock slid 5.49% to $4.99, a loss of $0.29 per share. Starting at an opening price of $5.30 a share, the stock traded between $4.93 and $5.33 over the course of the trading day. Volume was 1,016,682 shares over 5,283 trades, against an average daily volume of 708,063 shares and a total float of 66,093,733.

The losses send PetroQuest Energy Inc. down to a market cap of $329,807,728. In the last year, PetroQuest Energy Inc. has traded between $7.82 and $3.64, and its 50-day SMA is currently $6.01 and 200-day SMA is $5.60.

The stock's P/E Ratio is 15.30.

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Petroquest Energy Inc is an independent oil and gas company with operations in Oklahoma, Texas, the Gulf Coast Basin, Arkansas and Wyoming.

PetroQuest Energy Inc., led by CEO Charles T. Goodson, has 126 employees and is headquartered in Lafayette, LA.

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