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Here are the 10 most shorted UK stocks and funds with the top short positions

Popular stocks such as Metro Bank, Sainsbury's and Premier Oil are among the UK's most shorted companies

Sainsbury’s is one of the companies seeing more of its stocks targeted
Sainsbury’s is one of the companies seeing more of its stocks targeted Photo: Chris Ratcliffe/Getty Images

Amid the GameStop saga that drove the markets wild over the tail-end of January, analysis is out on the largest 10 short positions listed on the London Stock Exchange.

The latest assessment from ETF provider GraniteShares comes after video retailer GameStop saw its stock go up more than 1,700%, as traders ploughed through commission-free platform Robinhood and others to wreak havoc among hedge funds’ short positions.

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