Several news reports have indicated that various hedge funds have increased their short selling.

• London-headquartered hedge fund major Marshall Wace has established big short positions against several UK retailer;
• Citadel is betting against Deliveroo and has opened up a £27 million short position against the food delivery company, representing around 1.4% of the £1.9 billion company's shares;
• Hedge funds and other leveraged investors upped their net short positions on 10-year US Treasury futures to a record 1.29 million contracts as of 18 April, in an apparent show of confidence that the US economy can avoid a recession.