Though the ban on shorting financial stocks was lifted by the FSA this past Friday, short-sellers have not returned to the trading levels before the ban, according to the Financial Times.
The article notes that short positions on Barclays whose shares fell 25 percent on Friday remained relatively low, as did short positions on troubled Royal Bank of Scotland.
Firms will continue to have to disclose short positions on financial shares for the first half of 2009.
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