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NEW YORK Nov. 20, 2003 - The New York Stock Exchange today reported short interest as of the close of business on the settlement date of Nov. 14, reflecting transactions through Nov. 10, 2003.
Based on information received from members and member organizations, short interest decreased to 7,375,039,937 shares on Nov. 14, 2003 from 7,431,003,557 shares on Oct. 15, 2003.
The short interest on Nov. 14, 2003 was equal to 2.1 percent of the total shares on the Exchange.
The short interest in warrants as of Nov. 14, 2003 amounted to 136,715 warrants, compared with 133,661warrants on Oct. 15, 2003.
As of Nov. 14, 2003, there were 3,567 stocks and 5 warrants available for trading on the Exchange. Of these,2,920 issues had either a short position of 5,000 shares or a change of shares since the last monthly report. A list of these issues, showing their current short positions and average daily volume between the trade dates, covered by this report, is attached.
A short sale is any sale of a security, which the seller does not own, or any sale, which is completed by the delivery of a borrowed security.
The short positions for the preceding 12 months is shown below:
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Oct. 15, 2003 |
7,431,003,557 |
Apr. 15, 2003 |
8,058,072,705 |
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Sept. 15, 2003 |
7,342,307,230 |
Mar. 14, 2003 |
7,996,276,851 |
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Aug. 15, 2003 |
7,452,385,340 |
Feb. 14, 2003 |
7,668,538,784 |
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July 15, 2003 |
7,778,831,599 |
Jan. 15, 2003 |
7,620,700,992 |
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June 13, 2003 |
8,039,649,685 |
Dec. 13, 2002 |
7,819,978,271 |
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May 15, 2003 |
7,858,920,398 |
Nov. 15, 2002 |
8,010,569,082 |
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