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 August’s report include:
Global Equities
Any growth in short interest was small across the majority of sectors over the period with any real noticeable growth being confined to Commercial and Professional Services which experienced an increase in short interest of +11bps. Any change across all other sectors was minimal but growth in short activity was seen across Consumer Durables (+4bps), Utilities (+3bps), Food and Beverage (+3bps) and Insurance (+3bps). Decreases were seen in Consumer Services (-3bps), Health Care (-2bps) and Energy (-2bps).
US Equities
The average short interest across US equities decreased to 79 basis points over the month. The largest increases in were seen across Commercial and Professional Services (+16bps), Consumer Durables (+10bps) and Utilities (+3bps).
APAC Equities
The average short interest across APAC equities increased to 70 basis points over the past month. Increases in short interest were seen across Health Care (+14bps), Technology and Hardware (+10bps) and Real Estate (+10bps). The largest decreases were seen across Commercial and Professional Services (-21bps) and Media and Entertainment (-3bps).
EMEA Equities
The average short interest across EMEA equities decreased to 16 basis points over the month. Short sentiment remained muted across the majority of sectors with the only increases being seen across Insurance (+2bps), Utilities (+1bps) and Capital Goods (+1bps).
Fixed Income
Utilization decreased by 6bps across the government bond markets and by 3bps across corporate bonds.
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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Originally Posted on August 24, 2025 – The long / short report August 2025
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