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Sasol (NYSE:SSL) Shares Gap Down - Here's Why

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Sasol Ltd. (NYSE:SSL - Get Free Report) gapped down before the market opened on Tuesday . The stock had previously closed at $5.11, but opened at $4.57. Sasol shares last traded at $4.57, with a volume of 760,196 shares trading hands.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, Wall Street Zen downgraded Sasol from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Friday, May 16th.

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Sasol Stock Down 10.9%

The company has a market cap of $2.95 billion, a P/E ratio of 2.01, a P/E/G ratio of 0.22 and a beta of 0.79. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $4.21 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $4.37.

Institutional Trading of Sasol

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Lindbrook Capital LLC boosted its holdings in Sasol by 76.8% during the 4th quarter. Lindbrook Capital LLC now owns 7,194 shares of the oil and gas company's stock valued at $33,000 after acquiring an additional 3,125 shares during the period. Blue Trust Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Sasol by 24.9% in the first quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 17,229 shares of the oil and gas company's stock worth $73,000 after purchasing an additional 3,433 shares during the last quarter. QRG Capital Management Inc. lifted its holdings in Sasol by 22.8% during the 1st quarter. QRG Capital Management Inc. now owns 20,463 shares of the oil and gas company's stock valued at $87,000 after buying an additional 3,803 shares in the last quarter. Vident Advisory LLC grew its stake in Sasol by 11.2% in the 4th quarter. Vident Advisory LLC now owns 40,690 shares of the oil and gas company's stock worth $186,000 after acquiring an additional 4,108 shares in the last quarter. Finally, US Bancorp DE increased its position in shares of Sasol by 27.5% during the first quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 20,604 shares of the oil and gas company's stock worth $87,000 after acquiring an additional 4,442 shares during the period. 1.21% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

About Sasol

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Sasol Limited operates as a chemical and energy company in South Africa and internationally. It offers alumina, such as battery materials, catalyst supports, abrasives and polishing, and polymer additives; cobalt fischer-tropsch catalysts; carbon-based and recarburiser products; graphite electrodes; and mono-ethylene glycol and chlor-alkali products, monomers, mining chemicals and reagents, blends and hydrocarbons, methanol products, polymers, phenolics, and fertilizers.

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