Short interest is the number of shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. Short selling is when a trader sells shares of a company they do not own, with the hope ...

Activist hedge fund Elliott Investment Management has amassed a short position in Shell (NYSE:SHEL) totaling nearly $1.1B, The Times reported Friday. Elliott's position, which is worth 0.5% of Shell's ...

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Short interest for Shell gives investors a sense of the degree to which investors are betting on the decline of Shell's stock. Short interest data is updated every two weeks.

U.S. activist investor Elliott Investment Management has taken a short position against British oil major Shell as part of a global hedging program. Stream San Diego News for free, 24/7, wherever you ...

U.S. activist investor Elliott Investment Management has taken a short position against British oil major Shell as part of a global hedging program. Elliott is said to have amassed an £850 million ($1 ...

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