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The American Stock Exchange® (Amex®) member and non-member organizations today reported short interest of 1,403,409,563 shares as of the September 10, 2008 settlement date, a decrease of 27,880,104 from the 1,431,289,667 (adjusted) shares reported on August 29, 2008. The figure represents trades through September 15, 2008.
In the year ago period, short interest totaled 1,030,629,307 (adjusted).
The September short interest position reflects short interest reported by all broker-dealers (not only Amex member firms) in Amex-listed stocks. A short position of 5,000 or more shares existed in 778 issues. Some short position was shown in 1,352 issues.
The attached short interest report was compiled by the Amex on the basis of information obtained from its member and non-member organizations covering all securities dealt in on the Exchange on both round and odd-lots.
Adjusted short interest for the preceding 12 months is shown below:
August 29, 2008 | 1,431,289,667 | February 29, 2008 | 1,239,338,377 |
August 15, 2008 | 1,447,276,417 | February 15, 2008 | 1,173,888,724 |
July 31, 2008 | 1,488,607,507 | January 31, 2008 | 1,099,855,774 |
July 15, 2008 | 1,469,681,869 | January 15, 2008 | 1,125,171,967 |
June 30, 2008 | 1,433,859,621 | December 31, 2007 | 1,095,365,559 |
June 13, 2008 | 1,478,469,866 | December 14, 2007 | 1,083,504,928 |
May 30, 2008 | 1,347,168,564 | November 30, 2007 | 1,128,730,384 |
May 15, 2008 | 1,308,207,732 | November 15, 2007 | 1,141,428,683 |
April 30,2008 | 1,280,471,726 | October 31, 2007 | 1,022,353,131 |
April 15, 2008 | 1,293,366,375 | October 15, 2007 | 989,803,872 |
March 31, 2008 | 1,267,154,289 | September 28, 2007 | 1,004,190,347 |
March 14, 2008 | 1,318,018,828 | September 14,2007 | 1,030,629,307 |
Changes in the Amex's Short Interest Reporting:
Please be advised that there is a new way of accessing short interest information for the Amex through www.amexdata.com. Access to the site will be in addition to the standard Amex press release on short interest. The short interest data will be available to registered members of the media at www.amexdata.com by 2pm on the publication date. If you have any questions, please contact Amex Market Data Customer Service at 212-306-1340 or marketdataproducts@amex.com.
