The NYSE Group, Inc. today reported short interest as of the close of business on the settlement date of September 30, 2011.
Based on information received from members and member organizations, short interest decreased to 14,946,055,365 shares from 15,669,413,241 (revised) shares on September 15, 2011. This was a decrease of 723,357,876 shares.
The short interest on September 30 was equal to 3.91 percent of the total shares outstanding.
The short interest in warrants as of September 30 amounted to 132,560,502 warrants, compared to 129,705,112 warrants the previous period.
As of the settlement date, there were 4,479 stocks and 52 warrants available for trading. Of these, 3,751 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:
September 30, 2011 |
14,946,055,365 |
September 15, 2011 |
15,669,413,241 |
August 31, 2011 |
14,875,775,061 |
August 15, 2011 |
14,345,078,336 |
July 29, 2011 |
13,324,144,929 |
July 15, 2011 |
13,398,967,175 |
June 30, 2011 |
13,430,469,325 |
June 15, 2011 |
13,485,624,837 |
May 31, 2011 |
13,153,693,065 |
May 13, 2011 |
13,484,118,912 |
April 29, 2011 |
13,457,445,358 |
April 15, 2011 |
13,005,396,192 |
March 31, 2011 |
12,897,832,797 |
March 15, 2011 |
12,948,374,095 |
February 28, 2011 |
13,111,975,452 |
February 15, 2011 |
12,759,618,304 |
January 31, 2011 |
12,917,035,345 |
January 14, 2011 |
12,819,377,447 |
December 31, 2010 |
13,601,402,743 |
December 15, 2010 |
13,922,353,548 |
November 30, 2010 |
14,124,356,448 |
November 15, 2010 |
14,007,467,155 |
October 29, 2010 |
14,384,025,668 |
October 15, 2010 |
14,633,177,623 |
September 30, 2010 |
14,660,232,869 |