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Based on information received from members and member organizations, short interest increased to 13,437,073,012 shares from 13,060,980,113 (revised) shares on September 30, 2009. This was an increase of 376,092,899 shares.
The short interest on October 15 was equal to 3.51 percent of the total shares outstanding.
The short interest in warrants as of October 15 amounted to 53,319 warrants, compared to 40,225 warrants the previous period.
As of the settlement date, there were 4,104 stocks and 11 warrants available for trading. Of these, 3,447 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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October 15, 2009 |
13,437,073,012 |
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September 30, 2009 |
13,060,980,113 |
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September 15, 2009 |
13,515,436,991 |
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August 31, 2009 |
13,784,184,812 |
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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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