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EQUITIES COMMENTARY
Apr 15, 2025
The long / short report April 2025
The long / short report provides a geographic analysis of the long/short market by sector, using S&P Global Market Intelligence's securities finance short interest data.
Highlights from April's report include:
Global Equities
Over the past month, short interest increased across global equities with the largest growth being seen across the Food and Beverage sector (+5bps), the Consumer Services sector (+4bps), and the Healthcare sector (+3bps). Declines in short interest were seen across the Household and Personal Products sector (-5bps), the Telecom and Communications sector (-4bps) and the Energy sector (-3bps).
US Equities
The average short interest across US equities increased to 87 basis points over the month. The largest increases in were seen across the Automobiles sector (+11bps), Commercial and Professional Services sector (+10bps) and the Food and Beverage sector (+9bps).
Asian Equities
The average short interest across APAC equities increased to 71 basis points over the past month as all sectors experienced growth in short interest. Some of the increases were substantial and larger than any seen for many months. The largest increases were seen across Capital Goods (+42bps), Automobile (+39bps) and Household and Personal products (+37bps).
EMEA Equities
The average short interest across EMEA equities decreased to 19 basis points over the past month. Short sentiment remained muted across the majority of sectors but increases were seen across Utilities (+3bps), Insurance (+2bps) and Transport (+2bps).
Fixed Income
Utilization decreased by 26bps across the government bond markets, and increased by 13bps across corporate bonds.
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This article was published by S&P Global Market Intelligence and not by S&P Global Ratings, which is a separately managed division of S&P Global.
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