Shares of AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. ended Monday’s trading up 4.1% as the stock extended its winning streak to three days — its longest-such run since a four-day streak that ended on Dec. 28, 2023.
The stock is up four of the past five days, and short interest as a percentage of AMC’s
AMC,
public float of shares was 10.91% on Monday.
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The movie-theater chain and original meme stock has hit a series of record lows recently but rallied last week. On Feb. 6, the stock ended the session up 10.9%, registering its biggest single-day percentage gain since Aug. 30, 2023.
AMC shares hit a record-low close of $3.67 on Feb. 5 — a far cry from the heady days of the meme-stock frenzy, during which the stock surged to an all-time closing high of $339.05 on June 2, 2021, according to Dow Jones Market Data.
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Last month, AMC Chief Executive Adam Aron described the recent decline in the company’s share price as “so frustrating.”
AMC shares have fallen 89% in the last 52 weeks, compared with the S&P 500 index’s
SPX
gain of 21.4%.
