Shortsellers targeted wider range of companies ahead of Trump's 'Liberation Day'


FILE PHOTO: A screen displays the S&P Index after the closing bell on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., April 16, 2025. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) - Shortsellers targeted a wider range of equity sectors in March before U.S. President Donald Trump's April 2 "Liberation Day" tariff announcement and raised negative bets on a cluster of big tech stocks, data and tech firm Hazeltree said on Thursday.

Super Micro Computer emerged as the most crowded security, knocking oil and gas producer Chevron off the top spot, a position it had held for the past two months, the report showed.

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