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Bapcor shorts climb to 10.9% as shares plunge 65%
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Bapcor shorts climb to 10.9% as shares plunge 65%

The market has spent three months carving 65.3% off Bapcor's valuation, and short sellers have spent those same three months positioning themselves for the slide. It is a classic squeeze on an automotive parts distributor facing a margin crunch, where the floor keeps dropping low

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