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Tuesday August 18, 09:48 PM
STOCKS NEWS US-Short bets in health insurers fall-Data Explorers

Stocks on the move Real (Frankfurt: BJU.F - news) -time Equity news U.S. stock market report 1630 ET 18Aug2009-Bearish bets in health insurers fall-Data Explorers ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ A drop in bearish bets on U.S. health insurers suggests short investors do not believe that a proposed government-run health insurance plan will come to fruition, according to research from Data Explorers. An index of the 18 largest health care insurance stocks shows short interest has fallen just over 10 percent since mid-June, said Data Explorers, which tracks stock lending and short interest. Short investors seek to profit from declining stocks by borrowing shares, selling them at a high price and then buying them back at a lower price, pocketing the difference. 'Such a drop in this sector index indicates that the short market does not believe that the government proposal will become a reality,' Data Explorers wrote in a research note.

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