EQUITIES COMMENTARY — Jan 15, 2024

The long / short report January 2024

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The long / short report provides a geographic analysis of the long/short market by sector using the securities finance short interest data of S&P Global Market Intelligence.

Highlights from January's report include:

Across global equities, the largest increases in short interest were seen across the consumer durables (+5bps), utilities (+4bps), and automobile and components (+1bps) sectors over the month.

Across North American equities, average short interest decreased by 3bps over the month. The largest increase was seen across the healthcare sector.

Short interest decreased across the APAC region during the month. Average short interest declined to 61bps and only increased across three sectors, automobile and components (+17bps), commercial services (+8bps), financial services (+1bps).

Across EMEA, short interest remained muted. The most shorted sector continued to be Real Estate and Property Management.

Short interest decreased by 88bps across the government bond markets, and by 16bps across corporate bonds.

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