Articles for Short Positions

Mint Explainer: What is short selling and why is it in the news again?
1 year ago

Mint Explainer: What is short selling and why is it in the news again?

Live Mint  

New Delhi: On Friday, India's markets regulator Sebi said in a circular that institutional investors will now have to disclose upfront whether a transaction in Indian securities involvs short selling, and that retail investors will have to do so by the end of the day after making such a trade. Short selling, or “shorting" a stock, is when a trader …

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Oil ticks up, short positions surge ahead of OPC+ meeting; what lies ahead?
1 year, 7 months ago

Oil ticks up, short positions surge ahead of OPC+ meeting; what lies ahead?

Live Mint  

Oil prices advanced on May 26, as conflicting messages from Russia and Saudi Arabia on supply cuts weighed on market sentiments, ahead of the next OPEC+ policy meeting due for June 4. The number of short positions in oil essentially betting that prices will fall has risen ahead of the next OPEC+ policy meeting, according to analysts, hinting at a …

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Six entities under lens for suspicious trading in Adani shares: Supreme Court panel
1 year, 7 months ago

Six entities under lens for suspicious trading in Adani shares: Supreme Court panel

The Hindu  

Six entities including four foreign portfolio investors are under the lens for suspicious trading in Adani Group shares prior to the release of the damning Hindenburg report, the Supreme Court-appointed expert committee has said. There was a build up of short positions in the Adani scips prior to the January 24 release of the Hindenburg report, and substantial profits were …

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SC panel puts six entities under lens for alleged trading in Adani shares
1 year, 7 months ago

SC panel puts six entities under lens for alleged trading in Adani shares

Hindustan Times  

Six entities including four foreign portfolio investors are under lens for suspicious trading in Adani group shares prior to the release of the damning Hindenburg report, the Supreme Court-appointed expert committee has said. There was a build up of short positions in the Adani scips prior to the January 24 release of the Hindenburg report, and substantial profits were booked …

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Adani-Hindenburg Case: What does SC-appointed panel report say? Key takeaways
1 year, 7 months ago

Adani-Hindenburg Case: What does SC-appointed panel report say? Key takeaways

Live Mint  

The Supreme Court on May 19 made public the report of the court-appointed six-member expert panel in the Adani-Hindenburg case, which notably said that capital markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India has "drawn a blank" in investigations into suspected violations in overseas investments in the Adani group and its ongoing pursuit of the case could be a "journey …

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SEBI Imposes Rs 40 Crore Fine On Reliance Industries, Mukesh Ambani For Manipulative Trades In RPL
4 years ago

SEBI Imposes Rs 40 Crore Fine On Reliance Industries, Mukesh Ambani For Manipulative Trades In RPL

Live Law  

The Securities Exchange Board of India on Friday imposed a fine of Rs 25 crore on Reliance Industries and Rs 15 crore on its chairman, Mukesh Ambani, for manipulating shares of Reliance Petroleum Ltd in November 2007.The issue relates to manipulation during the sale and purchase of Reliance Petroluem Limited shares in the cash and the futures segments in November …

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EV startup Nikola’s stock plunges following short seller’s scathing allegations
4 years, 4 months ago

EV startup Nikola’s stock plunges following short seller’s scathing allegations

CNN  

CNN — Nikola ​Corp. the hydrogen and electric truck startup that recently announced a $2 billion stock deal with General Motors, saw its stock price plunge for the second day in a row following a report by a short seller that alleged the company is an “intricate fraud.” The company has since disputed the report and threatened to take legal …

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Crude rises after three session of losses on short-covering, hopes for deeper output cut by OPEC
4 years, 10 months ago

Crude rises after three session of losses on short-covering, hopes for deeper output cut by OPEC

Firstpost  

Crude prices inched higher on Wednesday as investors covered short positions after three sessions of losses and eyed potential supply cuts, even as fears of a coronavirus pandemic deepened Tokyo: Crude prices inched higher on Wednesday as investors covered short positions after three sessions of losses and eyed potential supply cuts, even as fears of a coronavirus pandemic deepened. “Investors …

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