“Short interest in energy stocks increased in the past month”

“Investors increased their bearish bets in the energy sector in the past month, as a decline in crude oil prices led to broad weakness in the sector. Based on the most recent exchange data, the median industry short interest, or bets that the shares would fall, was approximately 4% of the shares outstanding as of Dec. 15, up from about 3% a month, according to MKM Partners analyst John Gerdes. The increase in shorts occurred as the SPDR Energy Select Sector ETF declined 5.0% and crude oil futures…”

https://finance.yahoo.com/m/cd711fe6-ff20-3e69-8d45-45ac1d4a8843/short-interest-in-energy.html