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Based on information received from members and member organizations, short interest decreased to 14,032,249,608 shares from 15,637,748,052 (revised) shares on July 15, 2009. This was an decrease of 1,605,498,444 shares.
The short interest on July 31 was equal to 3.67 percent of the total shares outstanding.
The short interest in warrants as of July 31 amounted to 81,088 warrants, compared to 53,133 warrants the previous period.
As of the settlement date, there were 4,100 stocks and 10 warrants available for trading. Of these, 3,391 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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July 31, 2009 |
14,032,249,608 |
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July 15, 2009 |
15,637,748,052 |
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June 30, 2009 |
15,570,613,801 |
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June 15, 2009 |
15,348,185,008 |
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May 29, 2009 |
15,146,892,934 |
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May 15, 2009 |
15,140,539,571 |
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April 30, 2009 |
15,173,139,551 |
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April 15, 2009 |
15,640,165,370 |
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March 31, 2009 |
16,173,689,617 |
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March 13, 2009 |
16,169,344,115 |
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February 27, 2009 |
14,608,255,028 |
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February 13, 2009 |
14,188,847,789 |
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January 30, 2009 |
13,427,741,819 |
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January 15, 2009 |
13,357,565,273 |
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December 31, 2008 |
13,129,000,164 |
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December 15, 2008 |
13,597,848,531 |
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November 28, 2008 |
14,773,724,226 |
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November 14, 2008 |
14,184,494,648 |
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October 31, 2008 |
13,829,207,377 |
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October 15, 2008 |
13,584,588,896 |
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September 30, 2008 |
14,840,183,359 |
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September 15, 2008 |
17,137,639,017 |
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August 29, 2008 |
17,688,931,645 |
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August 15, 2008 |
17,776,957,423 |
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