MFS Multimarket Income Trust (MMT) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of MFS Multimarket Income Trust shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of April 15th, traders have sold 36,000 shares of MMT short. Learn More on MFS Multimarket Income Trust's current short interest.

MFS Multimarket Income Trust saw a increase in short interest in April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totaling 36,000 shares, an increase of 11.8% from the previous total of 32,200 shares. Changes in short volume can be used to identify positive and negative investor sentiment. Investors that short sell a stock are betting that its price will decline in the future. An increase in short sale volume suggests bearish (negative) sentiment among investors. A decrease on short sale volume suggests bullish (positive) sentiment.

Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" compare to MFS Multimarket Income Trust: PIMCO Strategic Income Fund, Inc. (0.49%), Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust (0.16%), BlackRock Income Trust, Inc. (0.15%), Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund, Inc. (0.12%), Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund (0.10%), Sprott Focus Trust, Inc. (0.02%), WhiteHorse Finance, Inc. (2.15%), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II, Inc. (0.02%), BlackRock MuniVest Fund II, Inc. (0.02%), MFS Intermediate Income Trust (0.08%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: T-Mobile US, Inc. ($3.70 billion), Occidental Petroleum Co. ($3.52 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.14 billion), General Motors ($2.68 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.57 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.18 billion), Tractor Supply ($2.10 billion), Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ($1.91 billion), TC Energy Co. ($1.90 billion), and Williams-Sonoma, Inc. ($1.78 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling MMT is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from MFS Multimarket Income Trust as its price is falling. MMT shares are trading down $0.02 today. To short a stock, an investor borrows shares, sells them and buys the shares back on the public market later to return it to the lender. Short sellers are betting that a stock will decline in price. If the stock does drop after selling, the short seller buys it back at a lower price and returns it to the lender. The difference between the sell price and the buy price is the trader's profit.

A short squeeze for MFS Multimarket Income Trust occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock increases in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of MMT, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further.

Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including MMT, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 15 2024.