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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 September's report include:

Global Equities

Utilization across global equities declined by 29 basis points over the month. The most significant drop in short interest occurred in the REITs sector, which fell by 30 basis points month-over-month, followed by Commercial Services with an 18 basis point decrease. Only two sectors saw increases in short interest: Consumer Staples, which rose by 5 basis points, and Transport, which increased by 2 basis points.

US Equities

Average short interest across US equities fell to 65 basis points this month. Most sectors saw a decline in short interest, with the most significant reductions seen in REITs, Consumer Durables, and Commercial Services. The Technology and Hardware sector was the only one to experience a slight increase of 1 basis point. Meanwhile, short interest remained stable in both the Software and Services sector and the Real Estate Management and Development sectors.

Asian Equities

Average short interest across APAC equities decreased to 61bps during the month, but large increases were seen across the Financial Services (+42bps), Consumer Staples (+29bps) and the Real Estate Management and Development (+20bps) sectors.

EMEA Equities

Average short interest across European equities remined unchanged at 17bps during the month. Short interest moved very little across the majority of sectors throughout the month with only very small increases being seen across just a handful of sectors. The largest moves were seen across Utilities (+3bps), Real Estate Management and Development (-3bps), Consumer Services (-2bps) and the Household and Personal products (-2bps) sectors. Increases of 1bps were seen across the Transport, Materials, Insurance and Food and Beverage sectors.

Fixed Income

Utilization decreased by 40bps across the government bond markets, and increased by 10bps across corporate bonds.

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