for-phone-onlyfor-tablet-portrait-upfor-tablet-landscape-upfor-desktop-upfor-wide-desktop-up
Retail

Short-sellers lost $818 million on Gamestop bets on Wednesday: Ortex

FILE PHOTO: GameStop logo is seen near displayed stock graph in this illustration taken February 2, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

LONDON (Reuters) - Short-sellers are estimated to have lost $818 million on Wednesday from their bearish bets on videogame maker Gamestop, data from financial analytics firm Ortex showed.

GameStop’s shares shot up higher again on Thursday a day after doubling in value, sparking a fresh retail trading frenzy in the stock that had been at the center of a historic short squeeze in January.

Reporting by Thyagaraju Adinarayan; editing by Sujata Rao

for-phone-onlyfor-tablet-portrait-upfor-tablet-landscape-upfor-desktop-upfor-wide-desktop-up