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Daily Brief Quantitative Analysis: Hong Kong: Where Have Shorts Been Building Up? and more

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  • Hong Kong: Where Have Shorts Been Building Up?

Hong Kong: Where Have Shorts Been Building Up?

By Brian Freitas

  • Short notional in Hong Kong is HK$439bn and has been falling over the last 18 months due to a drop in the market.
  • In terms of short notional to issue market cap, the Information Technology, Materials, Health Care and Consumer Discretionary sectors are up there, with Communication Services, Real Estate the least shorted.
  • Over the year, the largest shorts in terms of notional have been built on Xiaomi Corp, Meituan, JD.com, AIA Group Ltd, Postal Savings Bank of China, Orient Overseas, Techtronic Industries.

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