The NYSE Group, Inc. today reported short interest as of the close of business on the settlement date of February 28, 2011.
Based on information received from members and member organizations, short interest decreased to 12,623,004,998 shares from 12,782,566,245 (revised) shares on February 15, 2011. This was an decrease of 159,561,247 shares.
The short interest on February 28 was equal to 3.30 percent of the total shares outstanding.
The short interest in warrants as of February 28 amounted to 22,225,126 warrants, compared to 20,266,872 warrants the previous period.
As of the settlement date, there were 4,296 stocks and 50 warrants available for trading. Of these, 3,638 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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February 28, 2011 |
12,623,004,998 |
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February 15, 2011 |
12,782,566,245 |
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January 31, 2011 |
12,446,419,106 |
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January 14, 2011 |
12,615,034,604 |
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December 31, 2010 |
12,523,260,782 |
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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 |
