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EUROPEAN REAL ESTATE SHORTS UNWIND - UBS
Real estate .SX86P is the worst performing sector in Europe on Friday, down 1% the day after the ECB delivered its first rate cut since it started hiking in mid-2022.
But short interest in property shares is falling, revealing more optimism, according to UBS analysts.
European real estate outperformed on a global basis in May, they say, with the space returning 5.7%, 2.4 percentage points more than global.
In a note, they highlight three takeaways for crowding, short interest and active ownership in European real estate in June.
"...short interest for European real estate has reduced again and, for the first time since June 2022, the sector is now less shorted than the wider STOXX 600 index," they write.
"Within European real estate, Allreal, SBB and Fabege saw rising short interest, while Wallenstam, Aroundtown and Tritax Big Box saw the reverse," they continue.
The three most shorted stocks continue to be Sweden's SBB SBBb.ST and Balder BALDb.ST and German landlord Aroundtown AT1.DE.
"Sentiment seems to have improved the most YTD on healthcare, while the improvement in May was most notable on residential," the bank said.
(Lucy Raitano)
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