Notice the manner methods and classified categories of reporting, have changed since we stopped bi monthly posting. For perspective, search monthly short interest......brought forward the old reporting. posted below the PR of today...see number of companies comparing them with today .then read up.
NASDAQ Announces Mid-Month Open Short Interest Positions in NASDAQ Stocks as of Settlement Date February 12, 2010
NEW YORK, Feb. 24, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- At the end of the settlement date of February 12, 2010, short interest in 2,421 NASDAQ Global Market(SM) securities totaled 6,778,298,546 shares compared with 6,468,826,939 shares in 2,417 Global Market issues reported for the prior settlement date of January 29, 2010. The mid-February short interest represents 2.70 days average daily NASDAQ Global Market share volume for the reporting period, compared with 2.81 days for the prior reporting period.
Short interest in 493 securities on The NASDAQ Capital Market(SM) totaled 241,358,546 shares at the end of the settlement date of February 12, 2010 compared with 232,310,082 shares in 494 securities for the previous reporting period. This represents 2.62 days average daily volume, compared with the previous reporting period's figure of 1.48.
In summary, short interest in all 2,914 NASDAQ(R) securities totaled 7,019,657,092 shares at the February 12, 2010 settlement date, compared with 2,911 issues and 6,701,137,021 shares at the end of the previous reporting period. This is 2.70 days average daily volume, compared with an average of 2.72 days for the previous reporting period.
The open short interest positions reported for each NASDAQ 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.
Accrued Short Interest & # of Companies ledger arranged Newest to oldest;
February 27, 2007 7,044,297,013 3,292
January 12, 2007 6,884,364,389 3,279
December 15, 2006 6,924,409,737 3,288
November 15, 2006 7,004,368,041 3,311
October 24,2006 7,414,701,519 3,312
September 15,2006 7,353,774,333 3,294
August 15, 2006 7,268,106,428 3,286
July 14, 2006 7,139,899,294 3,300
June 15, 2006 7,188,384,593 3,299
May 15, 2006 6,451,337,395 3,301
April 15, 2006 6,286,025,884 3,282
March 15, 2006 6,198,926,815 3,295
February 15, 2006 5,801,377,970 3,305
January 13, 2006 5,885,355,970 3,312
December 27, 2005 5,882,483,998 3,311
November 25, 2005 5,913,634,842 3,302
October 25, 2005 5,944,351,614 3,316
September 15, 2005 5,811,842,432 3,337
August 15, 2005 5,821,353,067 3,353
July 15, 2005 5,748,318,831 3,352
June 15, 2005 5,840,614,782 3,344
May 13, 2005 5,716,066,911 3,354
April 15, 2005 5,609,077,523 3,347
March 15, 2005 5,577,053,459 3,357
February 15, 2005 5,357,779,121 3,371
January 15, 2005 5,041,477,963 3,357
December 15, 2004 5,095,006,234 3,393
November 15, 2004 5,024,315,108 3,391
October 15, 2004 5,130,673,030 3,413
September 15, 2004 5,248,399,985 3,398
August 13, 2004 5,157,706,325 3,400
July 15, 2004 5,109,696,729 3,405
June 15, 2004 5,170,987,973 3,430
May 14, 2004 4,958,452,082 3,416
April 15, 2004 4,993,345,137 3,443
March 15, 2004 4,855,579,913 3,443
February 13, 2004 4,593,580,829 3,463
January 15, 2004 4,687,305,136 3,454
December 15, 2003 4,713,016,555 3,440
November 14, 2003 4,563,123,033 3,456
October 15, 2003 4,584,107,664 3,474
September 15, 2003 4,521,740,414 3,497
August 15, 2003 4,404,472,224 3,472
July 15, 2003 4,683,497,070 3,504
June 13, 2003 4,604,557,148 3,569
May 15, 2003 4,386,454,785 3,566
April 15, 2003 4,456,502,765 3,592 |
