Short sellers increased their bets against the industrial sector in August, even as the S&P 500 sector's stock gained nearly 3% during the month. As of August's end, the average short interest ...

As of September's end, the average short interest rate in S&P 500 industrials was 2.07%, up 2 bps from 2.05% at the end of August. The short interest for the prior month has been adjusted from 2. ...

NEW YORK, Sept 6 (Reuters) - STORY: U.S. employment increased less than expected in August, but a drop in the jobless rate to 4.2% suggested an orderly labor market slowdown continued and probably ...

Bets against the information technology sector, which holds the highest weightage on the S&P rose in August. The average short-interest for S&P 500 Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund ETF (NYSEARCA ...

Sept 5 (Reuters) - Short sellers returned to profit in August following two months of losses as U.S. stocks' rally hit a pause after a steady climb this year, data and analytics company Ortex said.

Its monthly operating margin index for August was 4.3%, an improvement over July’s 3.2%. Volumes continued their upward push, with daily discharges and adjusted discharges rising 1% and 2% ...