Japan Tobacco Inc. (OTCMKTS:JAPAF) Short Interest Up 47.8% in March

Japan Tobacco Inc. (OTCMKTS:JAPAF) saw a large growth in short interest in the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,698,900 shares, a growth of 47.8% from the March 15th total of 1,149,400 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 500 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3,397.8 days.

Japan Tobacco Stock Up 5.9 %

OTCMKTS JAPAF opened at $29.65 on Friday. Japan Tobacco has a 52 week low of $23.90 and a 52 week high of $31.94. The company has a fifty day moving average of $27.16 and a two-hundred day moving average of $27.17.

Japan Tobacco Company Profile

Japan Tobacco Inc, a tobacco company, manufactures and sells tobacco products, pharmaceuticals, and processed foods in Japan and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Tobacco Business, Pharmaceutical Business, and Processed Food Business. It offers tobacco products, such as cigarettes, heat-not-burn tobacco products, E-vapor products, fine cut tobacco products, cigars, pipes, smokeless tobacco products, and hookah and kretek products.