All time High....NASDAQ OMX Announces Mid-Month Open Short Interest Positions in NASDAQ OMX Stocks as of Settlement Date March 14, 2008
NEW YORK, March 26, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- At the end of the settlement date of March 14, 2008, short interest in 2,694 NASDAQ Global Market(sm) securities totaled 9,595,273,811 shares compared with 9,067,158,294 shares in 2,692 Global Market issues reported for the prior settlement date of February 29, 2008. The mid-March short interest represents 4.20 days average daily NASDAQ Global Market share volume for the reporting period, compared with 4.17 days for the prior reporting period.
Short interest in 512 securities on The NASDAQ Capital Market(sm) totaled 182,927,933 shares at the end of the settlement date of March 14, 2008, compared with 181,138,067 shares in 521 securities for the previous reporting period. This represents 4.54 days average daily volume, compared with the previous reporting period's figure of 4.38.
In summary, short interest in all 3,206 NASDAQ OMX securities totaled 9,778,201,744 shares at the end of the March 14, 2008 settlement date, compared with 3,213 issues and 9,248,296,361 shares at the end of the previous reporting period. This is 4.21 days average daily volume, compared with an average of 4.17 days for the previous reporting period.
The open short interest positions reported for each NASDAQ OMX security reflect the total number of shares sold short by all broker/dealers regardless of their exchange affiliations. A short sale is generally understood to mean the sale of a security that the seller does not own or any sale that is consummated by the delivery of a security borrowed by or for the account of the seller.
For more information on NASDAQ Short interest positions, including publication dates, visit nasdaqtrader.com.
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CONTACT: The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.
Wayne Lee
301.978.4875
Wayne.D.Lee@NasdaqOMX.com
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