Invesco DB Energy Fund (NYSEARCA:DBE) Short Interest Update

Invesco DB Energy Fund (NYSEARCA:DBE) was the target of a significant drop in short interest during the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 4,501 shares, a drop of 86.5% from the May 31st total of 33,312 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 49,277 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.1 days. Approximately 0.2% of the company’s shares are short sold.

Institutional Trading of Invesco DB Energy Fund

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in DBE. Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC grew its stake in shares of Invesco DB Energy Fund by 18.1% in the fourth quarter. Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC now owns 43,415 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $758,000 after buying an additional 6,643 shares in the last quarter. M Holdings Securities Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Invesco DB Energy Fund by 3.8% in the 4th quarter. M Holdings Securities Inc. now owns 56,530 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $987,000 after buying an additional 2,091 shares during the period. Flow Traders U.S. LLC acquired a new position in Invesco DB Energy Fund during the 3rd quarter worth about $221,000. Osaic Holdings Inc. lifted its stake in Invesco DB Energy Fund by 32.3% during the 2nd quarter. Osaic Holdings Inc. now owns 3,876 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $72,000 after acquiring an additional 947 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE boosted its holdings in Invesco DB Energy Fund by 3.7% during the 2nd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 56,181 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,047,000 after acquiring an additional 1,993 shares during the period.

Invesco DB Energy Fund Stock Performance

Shares of Invesco DB Energy Fund stock traded down $0.83 on Friday, reaching $25.82. The company had a trading volume of 145,430 shares, compared to its average volume of 68,420. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $30.53 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $24.95. Invesco DB Energy Fund has a 52-week low of $17.01 and a 52-week high of $34.36. The firm has a market cap of $74.89 million, a PE ratio of 3.72 and a beta of -0.07.

About Invesco DB Energy Fund

PowerShares DB Energy Fund (the Fund) is based on the Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity Index – Optimum Yield Energy Excess Return (the Index). The Index is a rules-based index composed of futures contracts on some of the most heavily traded energy commodities in the world-light sweet crude oil (WTI), heating oil, brent crude oil, reformulated blendstock for oxygenate blending (RBOB) gasoline and natural gas. The Index is intended to reflect the performance of the energy sector. The Fund is a separate series of PowerShares DB Multi-Sector Commodity Trust (the Trust).