Short interest in John Hancock Hedged Equity & Income Fund (NYSE:HEQ) decreased during the last reporting period, falling from 9.58K to 5.72K. This put -% of the company's publicly available shares short.

Based on the recent average volume of 38.35K shares traded per day, it would take 1 day(s) for holders of this short interest to close out their positions without sending the stock sharply higher.