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Based on information received from members and member organizations, short interest decreased to 12,562,482,707 shares from 13,292,757,235 (revised) shares on December 15, 2010. This was an decrease of 730,274,528 shares.
The short interest on December 31 was equal to 3.29 percent of the total shares outstanding.
The short interest in warrants as of December 31 amounted to 15,472,244 warrants, compared to 17,229,714 warrants the previous period.
As of the settlement date, there were 4,264 stocks and 46 warrants available for trading. Of these, 3,632 issues had either a short position of at least 5,000 shares or a change of 2,000 shares since the last monthly report.
A short sale is any sale of a security that the seller does not own or any sale that is completed by the delivery of a borrowed security.
Adjusted short interest for the preceeding 12 months:
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December 31, 2010 |
12,562,482,707 |
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December 15, 2010 |
13,292,757,235 |
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November 30, 2010 |
13,617,841,295 |
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November 15, 2010 |
13,813,644,042 |
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October 29, 2010 |
13,699,973,675 |
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October 15, 2010 |
14,063,016,249 |
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September 30, 2010 |
14,323,457,891 |
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September 15, 2010 |
14,353,310,813 |
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August 31, 2010 |
14,361,514,244 |
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August 13, 2010 |
13,739,198,492 |
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July 30, 2010 |
13,687,891,262 |
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July 15, 2010 |
13,751,061,659 |
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June 30, 2010 |
13,927,200,566 |
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June 15, 2010 |
14,466,991,537 |
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May 28, 2010 |
13,980,057,757 |
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May 14, 2010 |
13,908,944,756 |
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April 30, 2010 |
13,834,228,633 |
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April 15, 2010 |
13,888,799,431 |
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March 31, 2010 |
13,899,351,278 |
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March 15, 2010 |
14,126,274,524 |
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February 26, 2010 |
13,878,332,151 |
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February 12, 2010 |
13,991,260,798 |
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January 29, 2010 |
13,492,652,518 |
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January 15, 2010 |
13,343,634,678 |
