Short Interest in ORCL 20.6 Mil
From WSJ companies had the largest decreases in short interest: Apple Computer, down 7,401,210 shares to 12,030,788 shares; Ascend Communications, down 4,841,510 shares to 8,263,151, and ICG Communication, down 3,865,284 shares to 2,453,196.
These companies had the largest increases in short interest: Intel Corp., up 10,543,415 to 46,044,805; Worldcom Inc., up 7,167,908 to 71,140,534; and Oracle Corp., up 5,887,659 to 20,629,680.
Among companies with the largest short-interest positions: Tele-Communications Inc., Series A TCI Group, was down 991,446 to 28,793,961; Nextel Communications was up 25,736 to 22,402,089; Microsoft Corp. was up 4,298,238 to 21,344,609; and Dell Computer Corp. was down 1,439,213 to 21,178,604. |