Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One, Periscope Analytics

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

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<p>The Japan Exchange Group (JPX) publishes a daily report that details the short sell activity by market participants. Investors are required to submit their short sale position to the brokers when their short positions exceed 0.20% of the outstanding shares. The brokers then pass the short position reports to the exchange. JPX aggregates the reports and discloses information such as the short sale positions, the names of the investors etc. whose short sale positions reach 0.5% of the outstanding shares.</p><p>The largest short positions in notional terms are <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/fast-retailing-co-ltd" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:751:1">Fast Retailing (9983 JP)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/takeda-pharmaceutical-co-ltd" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:11747:1">Takeda Pharmaceutical (4502 JP)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/itochu-corp" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:18448:1">Itochu Corp (8001 JP)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/toyota-motor-corp" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:73:1">Toyota Motor (7203 JP)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/canon-inc" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1:1">Canon Inc (7751 JP)</a> while the largest short positions as a percentage of free float are <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/leopalace21-corp" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:8244:1">Leopalace21 Corp (8848 JP)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/taiyo-yuden-co-ltd" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:9924:1">Taiyo Yuden (6976 JP)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tokai-carbon-co-ltd" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:9145:1">Tokai Carbon (5301 JP)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nippon-carbon-co-ltd" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:3348:1">Nippon Carbon (5302 JP)</a>. The upcoming Nikkei deletion name <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/chiyoda-corp" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:6232:1">Chiyoda Corp (6366 JP)</a> has 17.2% of its free float short sold and there should be a fair bit of volatility in the lead up to the rebalance.</p>

The Japan Exchange Group (JPX) publishes a daily report that details the short sell activity by market participants. Investors are required to submit their short sale position to the brokers when their short positions exceed 0.20% of the outstanding shares. The brokers then pass the short position reports to the exchange. JPX aggregates the reports and discloses information such as the short sale positions, the names of the investors etc. whose short sale positions reach 0.5% of the outstanding shares.The largest short positions in notional terms are Fast Retailing (9983 JP), Takeda Pharmaceutical (4502 JP), Itochu Corp (8001 JP), Toyota Motor (7203 JP) and Canon Inc (7751 JP) while the largest short positions as a percentage of free float are Leopalace21 Corp (8848 JP), Taiyo Yuden (6976 JP), Tokai Carbon (5301 JP) and Nippon Carbon (5302 JP). The upcoming Nikkei deletion name Chiyoda Corp (6366 JP) has 17.2% of its free float short sold and there should be a fair bit of volatility in the lead up to the rebalance.

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Katakura Industries Co., Ltd. operates in a range of business segments. The Company manfucatures and sells clothing and textile products, pharmaceutical products, automobile parts, fire pump cars and agricultural machinery. Katakura also operates shopping and home centers, the leasing of real estate and the provision of building management services.

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Katakura Industries (3001 JP)

Short Selling Is Big in Japan

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