NYSE Group Introduces Analysis Of Short Interest On Settlement Date Of 15 January

Based on information received from members and member organizations, NYSE Group reports that short interest increased to 13,383,705,291 shares from 13,129,000,164 (revised) shares on 31 December 2008. This was an increase of 254,705,127 shares. The short interest on 15 January

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Based on information received from members and member organizations, NYSE Group reports that short interest increased to 13,383,705,291 shares from 13,129,000,164 (revised) shares on 31 December 2008. This was an increase of 254,705,127 shares.

The short interest on 15 January was equal to 3.50% of the total shares outstanding.

The short interest in warrants as of 15 January amounted to 49,464 warrants, compared to 37,698 warrants the previous period.

As of the settlement date, there were 4,140 stocks and 11 warrants available for trading. Of these, 3,415 issues had either a short position of at least 5,000 shares or a change of 2,000 shares since the last monthly report.

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