The NYSE Group, Inc. today reported short interest as of the close of business on the settlement date of May 31, 2011.
Based on information received from members and member organizations, short interest increased to 13,223,243,418 shares from 12,942,801,346 (revised) shares on May 13, 2011. This was an increase of 280,442,072 shares.
The short interest on May 31 was equal to 3.46 percent of the total shares outstanding.
The short interest in warrants as of May 31 amounted to 23,342,762 warrants, compared to 20,968,128 warrants the previous period.
As of the settlement date, there were 4,436 stocks and 50 warrants available for trading. Of these, 3,743 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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May 31, 2011 |
13,223,243,418 |
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May 13, 2011 |
12,942,801,346 |
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April 29, 2011 |
13,094,164,581 |
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April 15, 2011 |
13,052,632,559 |
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March 31, 2011 |
12,627,190,404 |
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March 15, 2011 |
12,537,409,289 |
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February 28, 2011 |
12,613,366,024 |
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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 |
