Mid-October short interest numbers were recently released, so we now have a full picture of how much short interest was impacted by the SEC's financial "no short" rule that was in place from 9/19 to 10/8. Overall, the average stock in the S&P 500 saw its short interest fall 16%. The average S&P 500 financial stock saw short interest fall 24%. Below we highlight the stocks with the biggest one-month decreases and increases in short interest. As shown, many financials saw short interest fall more than 50%. Interestingly, MetLife saw its short interest fall 80% over the last month, while Aflac's short interest increased 300%.
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