Ultrapetrol Limited (ULTR) Drops 35.42% on January 15

Ultrapetrol Limited (ULTR) was one of the Russell 2000's biggest losers for Friday January 15 as the stock slid 35.42% to $0.06, a loss of $-0.034 per share. Starting at an opening price of $0.10 a share, the stock traded between $0.05 and $0.10 over the course of the trading day. Volume was 147,248 shares over 172 trades, against an average daily volume of 113,614 shares and a total float of 140.73 million.

The losses send Ultrapetrol Limited down to a market cap of $8.73 million. In the last year, Ultrapetrol Limited has traded between $1.98 and $0.07, and its 50-day SMA is currently $0.31 and 200-day SMA is $0.76.

Ultrapetrol (Bahamas) Ltd is a shipping transportation company serving the marine transportation needs of clients in the geographic markets for containers, grain soybean, forest products, minerals, crude oil, petroleum, and refined petroleum products.

Ultrapetrol Limited is based out of Nassau, and has some 1,614 employees. Its CEO is Damian Scokin.

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