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The NASDAQ Stock Market Announces Open Short- Interest Positions
In NASDAQ Stocks For June 2003
New
York, N.Y.—As of mid-June, short interest in 2,807 NASDAQ
National Market® securities totaled 4,467,289,560 shares compared
with 4,259,462,626 shares in 2,808 National Market issues for the
month of May.
The June short interest represents 2.74 days average daily NASDAQ
National Market share volume for the reporting period, compared
with 2.85 days in May. Short interest in 762 securities on The NASDAQ
SmallCap MarketSM totaled 137,267,588 shares for June, compared
with 126,992,159 shares in 758 securities for the month of May.
This represents 0.98 days average daily volume, compared with last
month's figure of 1.41 days.
In summary, short interest in all 3,569 NASDAQ® securities totaled
shares for June, compared with 3,566 issues and 4,386,454,785 shares
in May. This is 2.60 days average daily volume, compared with last
month's average of 2.77 days.
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.
The
monthly NASDAQ short-interest figures are current as of the 15th
of the month and are released to the media after the market close
on the seventh business day following that date. The figures this
month include all short-interest positions reported May 17 through
June 10 and settled as of June 13, 2003.
The total NASDAQ short positions for the preceding 13 months and
current month follow:
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Settlement
Date
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Total
Short Interest
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Number
of
Securities
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| June
14, 2002 |
4,261,435,815
|
3,831
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| July
15, 2002 |
4,335,747,422
|
3,784
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| August
15, 2002 |
4,105,634,585
|
3,758
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| September
13, 2002 |
4,108,308,913
|
3,737
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| October
15, 2002 |
4,152,454,217
|
3,623
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November
15, 2002
|
4,062,892,810
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3,670
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December
13, 2002
|
4,043,183,358
|
3,666
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January
15, 2003
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4,053,387,295
|
3,686
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| February
14, 2003 |
4,190,132,904
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3,668
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| March
14, 2003 |
4,335,164,375
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3,585
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| April
15, 2003 |
4,456,502,765
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3,592
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| May
15, 2003 |
4,386,454,785
|
3,566
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| June
13, 2003 |
4,604,557,148
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3,569
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