The NYSE Group, Inc. today reported short interest as of the close of business on the settlement date of February 29, 2012.
Based on information received from members and member organizations, short interest increased to 12,578,154,576 shares from 12,565,610,623 shares (revised) on February 15, 2012. This was a increase of 12,543,953 shares.
The short interest on February 29 was equal to 3.29 percent of the total shares outstanding.
The short interest in warrants as of February 29 amounted to 126,214,142 warrants, compared to 126,566,694 warrants the previous period.
As of the settlement date, there were 4,555 stocks and 46 warrants available for trading. Of these, 3,830 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.
Today's short interest report and the preceding 23 are shown below:
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February 29, 2012 |
12,578,154,576 |
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February 15, 2012 |
12,565,610,623 |
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January 31, 2012 |
12,521,381,935 |
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January 13, 2012 |
12,534,302,697 |
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December 30, 2011 |
13,317,367,775 |
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December 15, 2011 |
13,436,820,381 |
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November 30, 2011 |
14,271,199,964 |
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November 15, 2011 |
14,052,043,433 |
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October 31, 2011 |
14,118,792,215 |
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October 14, 2011 |
14,679,009,526 |
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September 30, 2011 |
16,087,936,195 |
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September 15, 2011 |
15,281,962,241 |
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August 31, 2011 |
14,766,409,696 |
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August 15, 2011 |
13,739,514,818 |
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July 29, 2011 |
13,832,322,940 |
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July 15, 2011 |
13,874,525,417 |
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June 30, 2011 |
13,935,272,637 |
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June 15, 2011 |
13,597,726,563 |
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May 31, 2011 |
13,379,973,385 |
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May 13, 2011 |
13,484,118,912 |
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April 29, 2011 |
13,457,445,358 |
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April 15, 2011 |
13,005,396,192 |
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March 31, 2011 |
12,897,832,797 |
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March 15, 2011 |
12,948,374,095 |
