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EQUITIES COMMENTARY
May 16, 2025
The long / short report May 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 May's report include:
Global Equities
Over the past month, short interest decreased across global equities with the largest declines being seen across Automobiles and Automobile components (-7bps), Transport (-4bps) and Consumer Durables (-5bps). The only sectors to experience increases were Healthcare (+8bps), Consumer Services (+6bps), and Semiconductor and Semiconductor equipment (+2bps).
US Equities
Average short interest across US equities decreased to 85 basis points over the month. The largest decreases were seen across the Automobile (-9bps), Insurance (-6bps) and Real Estate (-3bps) sectors whilst the largest increases occurred across the Household and Personal Products (+10bps), Transport (+8bps) and Energy (+6bps) sectors.
Asian Equities
The average short interest across APAC equities decreased to 61 basis points over the past month as all sectors experienced a decline in short interest. Some of the biggest movers included Automobiles (-20bps), Insurance (-14bps) and Food (-13bps).
EMEA Equities
The average short interest across EMEA equities remained at 19 basis points over the past month. Small changes were seen in short interest across Commercial Services (+4bps), Capital Goods (+3bps), Telecoms (-2bps) and Utilities (-1bps).
Fixed Income
Utilization decreased by 102bps across the government bond markets and by 25bps 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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