Shares of Chilean salmon companies resume the uptrend

Christian Pérez For example, AquaChile had a share price of $ 353.50 (US$ 0.642) yesterday March the 31st, compared to $ 276.00 (US$ 0.501) in the first working day of this year (January 2nd), representing a 28.1 percent increase in the first quarter of 2014. Likewise, Multiexport had a share price of $ 118.90 (US$ 0.216) yesterday in the Santiago Stock Exchange, while the company had a share price per unit of stock of $ 96.00 (US$ 0.174) in January 2nd, representing a 23.8 percent increase in the period. Australis Seafoods started this year with a share price of $ 26.00 (US$ 0.047), and so far has experienced a 34.6% increase up to $ 35.00 (US$ 0.060) per stock yesterday. Finally, probably due to its complex financial situation, Invermar (Invertec Pesquera del Mar de Chiloé) is the only Chilean salmon producing company that has seen a decrease in its share price from $ 50.00 (US$ 0.091) in January 2nd to $ 43.05 (US$ 0.078) yesterday.