NYSE Amex Issues Short Interest Report

NYSE Amex (formerly known as NYSE Alternext US) today reported short interest as of the close of business on the settlement date of December 31, 2010.

Based on information received from member and non-member organizations, short interest decreased to 302,134,407 shares from 308,645,508 (revised) on December 15, 2010.

This reflects short interest reported by all broker-dealers (not only NYSE Amex member firms) in NYSE Amex-listed securities. A short position of 5,000 or more shares existed in 362 issues. Some short position was shown in 524 issues.

This short interest report was compiled by NYSE Amex on the basis on information obtained from its member and non-member organizations covering all securities traded on the Exchange in both round and odd-lots.

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 preceding 12 months:

December 31, 2010	302,134,407
December 15, 2010	308,645,508
November 30, 2010	304,512,253
November 15, 2010	310,712,406
October 29, 2010	307,493,480
October 11, 2010	321,009,419
September 30, 2010	310,278,777
September 15, 2010	306,922,056
August 31, 2010	308,818,525
August 10, 2010	291,326,674
July 30, 2010	299,861,795
July 15, 2010	301,286,674
June 30, 2010	315,527,649
June 10, 2010	290,684,823
May 28, 2010	287,305,915
May 11, 2010	288,765,503
April 26, 2010	273,008,185
April 12, 2010	276,582,551
March 24, 2010	267,823,226
March 9, 2010	248,612,073
February 24, 2010	250,262,965
February 9, 2010	247,116,019
January 29, 2010	232,797,066
January 15, 2010	224,461,928
December 31, 2009	214,702,413
December 15, 2009	217,396,543
November 30, 2009	202,755,286
November 13, 2009	199,803,315
October 30, 2009	207,313,847
October 15, 2009	201,352,482
September 30, 2009	220,767,543
September 15, 2009	217,193,638
August 31, 2009	208,842,165
August 14, 2009	189,747,487
August 11, 2009	174,551,672
July 24, 2009	168,418,078
July 10, 2009	183,931,950
June 30, 2009	172,719,023
June 15, 2009	164,363,405
May 29, 2009	166,818,234
May 15, 2009	162,979,538
April 30, 2009	162,429,303
April 15, 2009	164,187,232
March 24, 2009	177,720,840
March 10, 2009	176,797,839
February 27, 2009	171,335,149
February 13, 2009	176,797,839
January 30, 2009	482,111,111
January 15, 2009	497,343,931
December 31, 2008	504,854,892
December 15, 2 008	545,551,421
November 28, 2008	631,636,180
November 14, 2008	609,967,049
October 31, 2008	722,568,248
October 15, 2008	1,141,341,041
September 30, 2008	1,182,959,576
September 15, 2008	1,375,834,183
August 29, 2008	1,431,289,667
August 15, 2008	1,447,276,417
July 31, 2008	1,488,607,507
July 15, 2008	1,469,681,869
June 30, 2008	1,433,859,621
June 13, 2008	1,478,469,866
May 30, 2008	1,347,168,564
May 15, 2008	1,308,207,732
April 30, 2008	1,280,471,726