Synonyms for short covering
short cov·er·ing

Princeton's WordNet

1. short coveringnoun

   the purchase of securities or commodities by a short seller to close out a short sale

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1. Le Brun:

   Short-covering has led to a little bit of a rally.

2. Andre Bakhos:

   The early enthusiasm is being driven by some optimism coming out of China, we've had a very erratic, choppy start to the year and the China news is going to give investors a reason to do some short covering and something to hang their hats on.

3. Peter Cardillo:

   Oil continues to be the main driver of the markets. It's the fear factor of oil continuing to move lower and its impact on oil debt around the world, the market will probably be led by short covering.

4. Nicholas Snowdon:

   Aluminium tops the list in terms of potential and much needed production cuts in the Western world. Also in the zinc market, we're seeing zinc mine production growing at the fastest pace in several years, given the positioning in base metals, which have swung firmly to short side, if you do see some significant production cut announcements, that could be a trigger for some short covering.

5. Ben Le Brun:

   A lot of the fall was due to short covering, there could be a bit of profit-taking for people who have gone long.