New York, June 24, 2009 --The NYSE Group, Inc. today reported short interest as of the close of business on the settlement date of June 15, 2009. Based on information received from members and member organizations, short interest increased to 15,348,195,628 shares from 15,146,892,934 (revised) shares on May 29, 2009. This was an increase of 201,302,694 shares. The short interest on June 15 was equal to 4.01 percent of the total shares outstanding. The short interest in warrants as of June 15 amounted to 74,047 warrants, compared to 57,124 warrants the previous period. As of the settlement date, there were 4,089 stocks and 10 warrants available for trading. Of these, 3,395 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. Adjusted short interest for the preceeding 12 months:
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