The NYSE Group, Inc. today reported short interest as of the close of business on the settlement date of April 15, 2008.
Based on information received from members and member organizations, short interest increased to 15,625,464,452 shares from 15,586,035,359 shares on March 31, 2008. This was an increase of 39,429,093 shares.
The short interest on April 15 was equal to 4.1 percent of the total shares outstanding.
The short interest in warrants as of April 15 amounted to 76,231 warrants, compared to 76,141 warrants the previous period.
As of the settlement date, there were 3,662 stocks and 9 warrants available for trading. Of these, 3,148 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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