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Bearish options on emerging market ETF soar to new high

皇冠体育app Daily | Updated: 2010-01-27 08:02

NEW YORK: Traders pushed options bets that pay off when emerging-market stocks retreat to a 17-month high, speculating 皇冠体育app's actions to restrain inflation will slow the global economic recovery.

The ratio of bearish put contracts to bullish calls on the US-listed iShares MSCI Emerging Markets exchange-traded fund (ETF) climbed to 1.97, the highest level since August 2008, data compiled by Bloomberg show.

Trading in options to sell the iShares MSCI Brazil Index Fund jumped to a record 214,404 on Jan 20, while puts on the iShares FTSE/Xinhua 皇冠体育app 25 Index Fund reached 164,121 on Jan 21, the most in three months, data show.

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