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You wish to sell short 100 shares of XYZ corporation stock. If the last two transactions were at $34.10 followed by $34.15, you only can sell short on teh next transaction at a price of
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You wish to sell short 100 shares of XYZ corporation stock. If the last two transactions were at $34.10 followed by $34.15, you only can sell short on teh next transaction at a price of

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Answer: b. 34.15 or higher

Step-by-step explanation:

Short sales refer to the sale of borrowed stocks in anticipation that the stock price of the underlying stock will fall. This will then enable you to make a profit by buying the cheaper shares and giving it back to the entity you borrowed from thereby making a profit.

With short sales, the price is usually upward trending so will normally increase from the last price. As the last price here was $34.15, that would be the likely minimum for the next sale.

This means that the next sale will either be at a price of $34.15 or a price higher than that.

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