At the end of the settlement date of September 14, 2012, short interest in 2,197 NASDAQ Global Market(SM) securities totaled 7,235,608,369 shares compared with 7,216,092,351 shares in 2,200 Global Market issues reported for the prior settlement date of August 31, 2012. The mid-September short interest represents 5.13 days average daily NASDAQ Global Market share volume for the reporting period, compared with 4.85 days for the prior reporting period.
Short interest in 502 securities on The NASDAQ Capital Market(SM) totaled 371,412,896 shares at the end of the settlement date of September 14, 2012 compared with 384,988,676 shares in 502 securities for the previous reporting period. This represents 4.96 days average daily volume, compared with the previous reporting period's figure of 6.38.
In summary, short interest in all 2,699 NASDAQ® securities totaled 7,607,021,265 shares at the September 14, 2012 settlement date, compared with 2,702 issues and 7,601,081,027 shares at the end of the previous reporting period. This is 5.12 days average daily volume, compared with an average of 4.91 days for the previous reporting period.
The open short interest positions reported for each NASDAQ security reflect the total number of shares sold short by all broker/dealers regardless of their exchange affiliations. A short sale is generally understood to mean the sale of a security that the seller does not own or any sale that is consummated by the delivery of a security borrowed by or for the account of the seller.
For more information on NASDAQ Short interest positions, including publication dates, visit http://www.nasdaq.com/quotes/short-interest.aspx or http://www.nasdaqtrader.com/asp/short_interest.asp.
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NASDAQ Announces Mid-Month Open Short Interest Positions In NASDAQ Stocks As Of Settlement Date September 14, 2012
Date 25/09/2012