Dunxin Financial Short Interest Ratio and Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Dunxin Financial shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of September 30th, traders have sold 1,100 shares of DXF short. 0.00% of Dunxin Financial's shares are currently sold short. View details.

Dunxin Financial saw a drop in short interest during the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totaling 1,100 shares, a drop of 96.7% from the previous total of 33,700 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.

0.00% of Dunxin Financial's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "financial services" compare to Dunxin Financial: Eaton Vance California Mun. Income Trust (0.00%), Aberdeen Global Income Fund Inc (0.00%), Altisource Asset Management Co. (1.41%), Ashford Inc. (2.27%), 1ST TR ENERGY I/SH (0.00%), 3i Group plc (0.00%), Aberdeen Australia Equity Fund, Inc. (0.00%), ABN AMRO Bank (0.00%), ABN AMRO Group NV (0.00%), and Absa Group Limited (0.00%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Charter Communications Inc ($5.12 billion), Aon PLC ($3.76 billion), Clorox Co ($3.07 billion), ViacomCBS Inc. ($2.89 billion), Analog Devices, Inc. ($2.49 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.37 billion), Datadog, Inc. ($2.29 billion), Uber Technologies, Inc. ($2.22 billion), Kroger Co ($2.20 billion), and Simon Property Group, Inc. ($1.88 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling DXF is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Dunxin Financial as its price is falling. Dunxin Financial's stock is trading down $0.09 today. To short Dunxin Financial 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 Dunxin Financial 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 Dunxin Financial 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 DXF, 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 DXF, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is September, 30 2020.