LyondellBasell Industries NV’s recently made public that its Director Hanley Michael Sean acquired Company’s shares for reported $0.27 million on Mar 12 ’25. In the deal valued at $72.05 per share,3,750 shares were bought. As a result of this transaction, Hanley Michael Sean now holds 16,028 shares worth roughly $0.91 million.
Then, Buchanan Robin W.T. bought 5,000 shares, generating $380,300 in total proceeds. Upon buying the shares at $76.06, the Director now owns 18,175 shares.
Before that, Friedrichs Dale D sold 4,970 shares. LyondellBasell Industries NV shares valued at $480,997 were divested by the EVP, Ops Excellence, HSE at a price of $96.78 per share. As a result of the transaction, Friedrichs Dale D now holds 34,220 shares, worth roughly $1.94 million.
RBC Capital Mkts downgraded its LyondellBasell Industries NV [LYB] rating to a Sector perform from a an Outperform in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including UBS’s analysts, who decreased its forecast for the stock in early April from “a Neutral” to “a Sell”. JP Morgan also remained covering LYB and has decreased its forecast on April 04, 2025 with a “Neutral” recommendation from previously “an Overweight” rating. Piper Sandler revised its rating on January 07, 2025. It rated LYB as “a Neutral” which previously was an “an Overweight”.
Price Performance Review of LYB
On Thursday, LyondellBasell Industries NV [NYSE:LYB] saw its stock jump 1.48% to $56.77. Over the last five days, the stock has gained 4.47%. LyondellBasell Industries NV shares have fallen nearly -23.56% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have fallen -42.74% over the past one year. While a 52-week high of $107.02 was reached on 01/28/25, a 52-week low of $51.11 was recorded on 04/09/25. SMA at 50 days reached $70.75, while 200 days put it at $83.53.
Levels Of Support And Resistance For LYB Stock
The 24-hour chart illustrates a support level at 56.12, which if violated will result in even more drops to 55.47. On the upside, there is a resistance level at 57.45. A further resistance level may holdings at 58.13. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) on the 14-day chart is 35.66, which indicates neutral technical sentiment, while the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) stands at -3.52, which suggests price will go down in the next trading period. Percent R suggests that price movement has been bearish at 71.54%. Stochastics %K at 26.64% indicates the stock is a holding.
How much short interest is there in LyondellBasell Industries NV?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in LyondellBasell Industries NV stocks on 2025-03-31, growing by 2.48 million shares to a total of 8.13 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-02-28 was 5.65 million shares. There was a rise of 30.5%, which implies that there is a positive sentiment for the stock.
The most recent change occurred on March 01, 2024 when Wolfe Research began covering the stock and recommended ‘”an Underperform”‘ rating .
