12th Mar 2020 - 11:17am Hedge fund short Cineworld sees stock plummet amid Coronavirus concerns Submitted By Hugh Leask | 12/03/2020 - 11:17am Cineworld, the London-listed cinema group heavily shorted by a number of hedge funds, saw its share price tumble on Thursday amid the continued market sell-off on the back of the coronavirus outbreak. The FTSE 250 company’s share price dropped some 47 per cent at one point during morning trading.