The NYSE Group, Inc. today reported short interest as of the close of business on the settlement date of June 30, 2008.
Based on information received from members and member organizations, short interest increased to 18,125,425,324 from 17,654,028,383 shares on June 13, 2008.
Due to a new process, short interest as a percent of total shares outstanding is not currently available.
The short interest in warrants as of June 30 amounted to 1,093,734 warrants, compared to 1,012,976 warrants the previous period.
As of the settlement date, there were 3,700 stocks and 11 warrants available for trading. Of these, 3,192 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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