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Liberty Latin America Ltd. (NASDAQ:LILAK - Get Rating) was the recipient of a significant increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totalling 3,240,000 shares, an increase of 25.1% from the November 30th total of 2,590,000 shares. Currently, 2.3% of the company's stock are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 1,370,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.4 days.

MV Oil Trust (NYSE:MVO - Get Rating) saw a significant increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totalling 25,900 shares, an increase of 86.3% from the November 30th total of 13,900 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 81,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.3 days.

First Trust Nasdaq Oil & Gas ETF (NASDAQ:FTXN - Get Rating) saw a large drop in short interest during the month of December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totalling 49,300 shares, a drop of 64.8% from the November 30th total of 140,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 197,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.2 days.

Oil-Dri Co. of America (NYSE:ODC - Get Rating) was the target of a significant drop in short interest in the month of December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totalling 17,900 shares, a drop of 39.5% from the November 30th total of 29,600 shares. Approximately 0.4% of the company's stock are sold short. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 10,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.7 days.

Private Bancorp of America, Inc. (OTCMKTS:PBAM - Get Rating) was the recipient of a large drop in short interest during the month of December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totalling 100 shares, a drop of 50.0% from the November 30th total of 200 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 20,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.0 days.

Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ:PLAO - Get Rating) saw a significant increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totalling 4,900 shares, an increase of 48.5% from the November 30th total of 3,300 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 39,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.1 days.

First Trust Europe AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ:FEP - Get Rating) saw a large increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totalling 363,300 shares, an increase of 171.9% from the November 30th total of 133,600 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 58,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 6.2 days.

North European Oil Royalty Trust (NYSE:NRT - Get Rating) was the recipient of a large increase in short interest in December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totalling 3,300 shares, an increase of 266.7% from the November 30th total of 900 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 40,300 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.1 days. Approximately 0.0% of the company's stock are short sold.

Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated (NYSE:RGA - Get Rating) was the target of a significant drop in short interest in December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totalling 491,100 shares, a drop of 36.5% from the November 30th total of 773,300 shares. Currently, 0.7% of the shares of the stock are sold short. Based on an average daily volume of 465,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.1 days.

IShares MSCI Turkey ETF (NASDAQ:TUR - Get Rating) was the recipient of unusually large options trading on Monday. Traders bought 4,202 put options on the stock. This is an increase of approximately 191% compared to the typical daily volume of 1,446 put options.