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New analysis from ETP provider GraniteShares, which offers a range of 3x short and 3x leveraged
ETPs on popular UK and US stocks, reveals that as of 25 th October 2021, Cineworld Group, the
world's second-largest cinema chain, was the most shorted UK listed company.
Cineworld leads list of ten most shorted UK stocks
Sainsbury s, Tullow Oil and Hamerson also being shorted
Investors take aim at the cinema which has been forced to shut for over a year
Cineworld Group, the world s second-largest cinema chain, was the most shorted UK listed company, according to analysis from ETF provider GraniteShares.
Around 7.1% of Cineworld s stock was held short by six investment firms, with New Holland Capital taking the largest position with 2.42% of the company s shares.
The next most shorted UK listed companies were Sainsbury s, Tullow Oil, Hammerson and Echo Energy where the respective short positions were 7%, 6.9%, 6.7% and 6.1%.