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The American Stock Exchange® (Amex®) member and non-member organizations today reported short interest of 1,144,258,432 shares as of the November 15, 2007 settlement date, an increase of 121,905,301 from the 1,022,353,131 (adjusted) shares reported on October 31, 2007. The November figure represents trades through November 9, 2007.
In the year ago period, short interest totaled 769,277,350 (adjusted).
The October 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 833 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:
October 31, 2007 | 1,022,353,131 | May 15, 2007 | 940,482,902 |
October 15, 2007 | 989,803,872 | April 13, 2007 | 865,833,907 |
| September 28, 2007 | 1,004,190,347 | March 15, 2007 | 877,447,463 |
September 14,2007 | 1,030,629,307 | February 15, 2007 | 750,619,455 |
August 15, 2007 | 1,194,902,117 | January 12, 2007 | 764,630,672 |
July 13, 2007 | 1,097,414,533 | December 15, 2006 | 771,894,136 |
June 15, 2007 | 1,092,317,747 | November 15, 2006 | 751,989,652 |
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.
