Walter Energy Inc (WLT) was one of the Russell 2000's biggest losers for September 10 as the stock slid 5.46% to $4.33, a loss of $0.25 per share. Starting at an opening price of $4.56 a share, the stock traded between $4.33 and $4.58 over the course of the trading day. Volume was 5,566,482 shares over 14,341 trades, against an average daily volume of 3,649,649 shares and a total float of 65,827,966.
The losses send Walter Energy Inc down to a market cap of $285,035,093. In the last year, Walter Energy Inc has traded between $19.50 and $4.25, and its 50-day SMA is currently $5.80 and 200-day SMA is $8.80.
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Walter Energy Inc is engaged in the business of mining and exporting of metallurgical coal for the steel industry from underground and surface mines with mineral reserves located in the United States, Canada and United Kingdom.
Walter Energy Inc, led by CEO Walter Scheller, has 3600 employees and is headquartered in Birmingham, AL.
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