Daily ShortActivity20Aug2026 US CLEARED

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US Equities: Daily Short Activity 8/21/2026

Daily Short Flows (ex-ETFs) Daily ETF Flows and GS ETF Short Activity Index

Daily Short Flow Short Index Daily ETF Flows ETF Short Activity Index

ETF Short Activity Index Daily ETF Short Flows 100 2.0% 2% 95

Daily Short Flow 1.0% 1% 98 90 0.0%

Short Index 96 0% -1.0% 85 94 -1% -2.0% 80 92 -2% -3.0% 90 75 -3% -4.0% Day/Day: -0.3% Day/Day: -0.3% 88 -5.0% 70 -4% May-26 Jul-26 Aug-26 May-26 Jul-26 Aug-26 Past Performance is not indicative of future results. Past Performance is not indicative of future results. Source: Goldman Sachs Securities Lending and Reuters as of 08/21/2026 Source: Goldman Sachs Securities Lending as of 08/21/2026

Sector Short Flows and Price Performance

Utilities 1.0% Consumer Disc 0.5% Industrials 0.3% Consumer Staples 0.3% Materials 0.2% Energy -0.2% Financials -0.2% Real Estate -0.3% Technology -0.7% ComSvcs -0.9% Health Care -1.2% -2.5% -2.0% -1.5% -1.0% -0.5% 0.0% 0.5% 1.0% 1.5%

Source: Goldman Sachs Securities Lending and Reuters as of 08/21/2026 Past Performance is not indicative of future results.

Goldman Sachs Securities Lending

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US Equities: Daily Short Activity 8/21/2026

TOP 5 Shorted INDUSTRIES by Percent Change TOP 5 Covered INDUSTRIES by Percent Change Short Flow Short Flow

0.0% 1.0% 2.0% 3.0% 4.0% 5.0% 6.0% 0.0% -1.0% -2.0% -3.0% -4.0% -5.0% -6.0%

Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail 4.9% Health Care Technology -5.4%

IT Svcs 3.5% Hotel & Resort REITs -3.9%

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals 2.8% Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts REITs -3.2%

Hotels Restaurants & Leisure 2.7% Software -3.1%

Household Durables 2.3% Media -3.1%

TOP 10 Shorted GC Stocks by MV of Short Chg TOP 10 Covered GC Stocks by MV of Short Chg 1-Day Change 1-Day Change Company Ticker Sector Short Price Company Ticker Sector Short Price Top Shorted Top Covered Walmart Inc WMT ConsStap 14.5% -9.2% Space Exploration Technologies Corp. SPCX ComSvcs -3.3% -4.0% Accenture Plc ACN InfoTech 6.6% -1.0% Sk Hynix Inc. SKHY InfoTech -7.1% 4.4% Deere & Company DE Industrials 13.6% 6.9% Eli Lilly & Co LLY HealthCare -1.8% -2.8% Coreweave, Inc. CRWV InfoTech 7.8% -1.2% Conocophillips COP Energy -6.0% 3.3% Ge Vernova Llc GEV Industrials 2.7% -2.2% Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc TMO HealthCare -10.6% 2.3% Tesla, Inc. TSLA ConsDisc 1.2% -1.7% Dow Inc DOW Materials -11.1% 3.6% Alphabet Inc. GOOGL ComSvcs 1.4% -1.2% Nvidia Corporation NVDA InfoTech -1.0% -0.3% Reddit, Inc. RDDT ComSvcs 7.9% -0.9% Dicks Sporting Goods Inc DKS ConsDisc -11.4% -6.2% Fedex Freight Holding Company, Inc. FDXF Industrials 12.8% -1.3% Strategy Inc MSTR InfoTech -4.2% 7.8% Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. AMD InfoTech 2.7% 0.7% Twist Bioscience…