Ilex Capital Partners has reduced its short position in Handelsbanken to below 0.5 percent of the share capital, meaning it is no longer listed as a public short seller in the company.

One public short seller remains in the bank. However, the total short interest in the company currently stands at 4.57 percent of the capital.

The Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority requires positions exceeding 0.1 percent to be reported, while short positions exceeding 0.5 percent must be made public.