East West Petroleum (CVE:EW) Stock Price Down 18.3% – Here’s What Happened

Shares of East West Petroleum Corp. (CVE:EW) traded down 18.3% on Friday . The company traded as low as C$0.24 and last traded at C$0.25. 25,217 shares traded hands during trading, an increase of 81% from the average session volume of 13,931 shares. The stock had previously closed at C$0.30.

East West Petroleum Price Performance

The firm has a 50 day moving average price of C$0.17 and a 200-day moving average price of C$0.09. The firm has a market cap of C$2.22 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -2.45 and a beta of 0.93.

Insider Transactions at East West Petroleum

In other East West Petroleum news, Director Kevin Haney bought 100,000 shares of East West Petroleum stock in a transaction dated Thursday, September 11th. The shares were bought at an average price of C$0.50 per share, with a total value of C$50,000.00. Following the purchase, the director owned 1,400,000 shares of the company’s stock, valued at C$700,000. This trade represents a 7.69% increase in their ownership of the stock. Insiders own 2.47% of the company’s stock.

East West Petroleum Company Profile

East West Petroleum Corp., a junior oil and gas company, engages in the exploration, development, and production of oil and gas properties in New Zealand and Romania. It holds interest in a 30% interest in the Cheal-E site mining permit in the Taranaki Basin, New Zealand; and four exploration blocks covering an area of 1,007,500 acres in Pannonian Basin of western Romania.