TransAtlantic Petroleum Ltd. (TAT) Jumps 6.24% on January 14

TransAtlantic Petroleum Ltd. (TAT) was among the biggest gainers on the Russell 2000 for Thursday January 14 as the stock popped 6.24% to $0.85, representing a gain of $0.0499 per share. Some 25,094 shares traded hands on 133 trades, compared with an average daily volume of 78,231 shares out of a total float of 41.01 million. The stock opened at $0.83 and traded with an intraday range of $0.88 to $0.80.

After today's gains, TransAtlantic Petroleum Ltd. reached a market cap of $34.86 million. TransAtlantic Petroleum Ltd. has had a trading range between $6.18 and $0.80 over the last year, and it had a 50-day SMA of $1.49 and a 200-day SMA of $3.54.

The stock has a P/E Ratio of 12.2.

TransAtlantic Petroleum Ltd is an oil and natural gas company. It is engaged in acquisition, exploration, development and production.

TransAtlantic Petroleum Ltd. is based out of Addison, TX and has some 719 employees. Its CEO is N. Mitchell.

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