Short interest in Halliburton Co (NYSE:HAL) increased during the last reporting period, rising from 27.87M to 30.04M. This put 4.88% of the company's publicly available shares short.

Based on the recent average volume of 15.00M shares traded per day, it would take 2 day(s) for holders of this short interest to close out their positions without sending the stock sharply higher.