UK short sellers cash in on market rout

The recent market selloff hit some investors hard, but a record number of short sellers on the FTSE 100 (FTSE International: .FTSE) may have cashed in, Markit data has shown. The average number of short positions for the top 100 publicly traded U.K. firms was at its highest level in 18 months-up 43 percent year to date to 1.75 percent-ahead of the Black Monday market slump, a report from ...