Traders have borrowed an estimated £1.5bn of shares, amounting to 50pc of the stock available to borrow, according to figures from Data Explorers. Dealers say some of the stock on loan has already been used to place "short positions", while other borrowed shares are being held in preparation to short the stock as soon as Lloyds announces its rights issue.
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