The NYSE Group, Inc. today reported short interest as of the close of business on the settlement date of January 31, 2011. Adjusted short interest for the preceeding 12 months:
Based on information received from members and member organizations, short interest decreased to 12,439,408,665 shares from 12,615,034,604 (revised) shares on January 14, 2011. This was an decrease of 175,625,939 shares.
The short interest on January 31 was equal to 3.25 percent of the total shares outstanding.
The short interest in warrants as of January 31 amounted to 21,791,700 warrants, compared to 12,880,958 warrants the previous period.
As of the settlement date, there were 4,282 stocks and 48 warrants available for trading. Of these, 3,660 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.
January 31, 2011 |
12,439,408,665 |
January 14, 2011 |
12,615,034,604 |
December 31, 2010 |
12,523,260,782 |
December 15, 2010 |
13,292,757,235 |
November 30, 2010 |
13,617,841,295 |
November 15, 2010 |
13,813,644,042 |
October 29, 2010 |
13,699,973,675 |
October 15, 2010 |
14,063,016,249 |
September 30, 2010 |
14,323,457,891 |
September 15, 2010 |
14,353,310,813 |
August 31, 2010 |
14,361,514,244 |
August 13, 2010 |
13,739,198,492 |
July 30, 2010 |
13,687,891,262 |
July 15, 2010 |
13,751,061,659 |
June 30, 2010 |
13,927,200,566 |
June 15, 2010 |
14,466,991,537 |
May 28, 2010 |
13,980,057,757 |
May 14, 2010 |
13,908,944,756 |
April 30, 2010 |
13,834,228,633 |
April 15, 2010 |
13,888,799,431 |
March 31, 2010 |
13,899,351,278 |
March 15, 2010 |
14,126,274,524 |
February 26, 2010 |
13,878,332,151 |
February 12, 2010 |
13,991,260,798 |