The NYSE Group, Inc. today reported short interest as of the close of business on the settlement date of September 15, 2008.
Based on information received from members and member organizations, short interest increased to 17,695,639,200 shares from 17,688,931,645 shares on August 29, 2008. This was an increase of 6,707,555 shares.
The short interest on September 15 was equal to 4.63 percent of the total shares outstanding.
The short interest in warrants as of September 15 amounted to 467,764 warrants, compared to 473,337 warrants the previous period.
As of the settlement date, there were 3,704 stocks and 11 warrants available for trading. Of these, 3,181 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. -- www.nyse.com
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