The NYSE Group, Inc. today reported short interest as of the close of business on the settlement date of May 30, 2008.
Based on information received from members and member organizations, short interest increased to 16,431,281,684 from 15,995,002,917 shares on May 15, 2008. This was an increase of 436,278,767 shares.
The short interest on May 30 was equal to 4.3 percent of the total shares outstanding.
The short interest in warrants as of May 30 amounted to 1,153,676 warrants, compared to 892,061 warrants the previous period.
As of the settlement date, there were 3,713 stocks and 10 warrants available for trading. Of these, 3,187 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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