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While short bets are mounting in these stocks in recent weeks, some of the upward momentum could be due to a short squeeze playing out. Electric vehicle maker Fisker also saw short interest rise more than 10% to more than 49% of its float. That included artificial intelligence stock C3.ai, with short interest down a little over 3% to about 35% of shares outstanding. Short interest climbed 8% to 32.6 million shares shorted. Short interest increased 6% during the period to more than 27 million shares.

Persons: Fisker, Kohl's, Atmus, —, Fred Imbert Organizations: Nasdaq, CNBC Pro, New York Stock Exchange, Holdings, Luminar Technologies

Investors hiked their short bets on a handful of electric vehicle and charging companies during the second half of September, according to FactSet data. CNBC Pro used FactSet data to screen for stocks with the most short interest as of Sept. 29. A handful of other electric vehicle and charging stocks also saw a jump in short interest during the period. Short interest in Lucid Group , for example, increased 7.5% to 218 million shares, while short interest in EVgo rose 5% to 25 million shares. Other names that saw elevated levels of short interest included Beyond Meat , SunPower , Sunnova Energy and WeWork .

Persons: Novavax Organizations: CNBC, New York Stock Exchange, Nasdaq, Fisker, Lucid, Air, Sunnova Energy Locations: Fisker Inc, EVgo

As August comes to a close, a handful of stocks are on the verge of an upward breakout, according to this chart pattern closely watched by technical analysts. The phenomenon, known as a golden cross pattern, occurs when an asset's 50-day moving average rises above the longer-term 200-day moving average. The pattern is regarded by Wall Street as bullish sign of a potential rally to come. Here are the stocks on the verge of a breakout, according to data from FactSet: Valero Energy is one stock approaching a so-called bullish golden cross. The stock's 50-day and 200-day moving average last hovered around $249.20 and $250.91, respectively.

Persons: Wall, Danaher, Avery Dennison, Fred Imbert Organizations: Valero Energy Locations: Valero

Investors upped their short bets on a handful of clean energy and biotechnology stocks during the first half of July, according to FactSet data. Allogene Therapeutics held the greatest short interest of the group, at about 54% of float, with Novavax and ProKidney Corp. also appearing on the list. Short interest declined slightly in ProKidney shares. Short interest in shares declined 8.6% during the first half of July, although about 35% of its shares are sold short. saw short interest leap 10% since the end of June.

Persons: BioXcel Organizations: BioXcel Therapeutics, Allogene Therapeutics, ProKidney Corp, Research, CNBC Pro, New York Stock Exchange, Nasdaq

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