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Based on information received from members and member organizations, short interest decreased to 13,785,419,814 shares from 14,129,801,752 (revised) shares on August 14, 2009. This was an decrease of 344,381,938 shares.
The short interest on August 31 was equal to 3.61 percent of the total shares outstanding.
The short interest in warrants as of August 31 amounted to 34,904 warrants, compared to 67,122 warrants the previous period.
As of the settlement date, there were 4,075 stocks and 9 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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August 31, 2009 |
13,785,419,814 |
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August 14, 2009 |
14,129,801,752 |
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July 31, 2009 |
14,019,075,490 |
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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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