Automaker Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T), opens new tab became the most shorted large-cap stock by hedge funds in the Asia Pacific region in February, overtaking Takeda Pharmaceutical (4502.T), opens new tab, a report from treasury management and securities finance platform Hazeltree showed on Tuesday.
Toyota Motor, opens new tab has extended until March 1 the shutdown of two production lines at two manufacturing plants run by Toyota group companies in Japan, it said on Friday.