John Hancock Preferred Income Fund II (NYSE:HPF) Short Interest Up 290.3% in March

John Hancock Preferred Income Fund II (NYSE: HPF - Get Free Report) saw a large growth in short interest during the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 31,422 shares, a growth of 290.3% from the February 26th total of 8,051 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 47,356 shares,