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The NASDAQ Stock Market Announces Open Short- Interest Positions
In NASDAQ Stocks For July 2003
New
York, N.Y.—As
of mid-July, short interest in 2,776 NASDAQ National Market®
securities totaled 4,535,616,667 shares compared with 4,467,289,560
shares in 2,807 National Market issues for the month of June.
The July short interest represents 2.62 days' average daily NASDAQ
National Market share volume for the reporting period, compared
with 2.42 days in June. Short interest in 728 securities on The
NASDAQ SmallCap MarketSM totaled 147,880,403 shares for
July, compared with 137,267,588 shares in 762 securities for the
month of June. This represents 0.83 days average daily volume, compared
with last month's figure of 0.75* days.
In summary, short interest in all 3,504 NASDAQ® securities
totaled 4,683,497,070 shares for July, compared with 3,569 issues
and 4,604,557,148 shares in June. This is 2.46 days' average daily
volume, compared with last month's average of 2.27 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 June 16
through July 10 and settled as of July 15, 2003.
The total NASDAQ short positions for the preceding 13 months and
current month follow:
|
Settlement
Date
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Total
Short Interest
|
Number
of
Securities
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| July
15, 2002 |
4,335,747,422
|
3,784
|
| 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
|
|
November
15, 2002
|
4,062,892,810
|
3,670
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December
13, 2002
|
4,043,183,358
|
3,666
|
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January
15, 2003
|
4,053,387,295
|
3,686
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| February
14, 2003 |
4,190,132,904
|
3,668
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| March
14, 2003 |
4,335,164,375
|
3,585
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| April
15, 2003 |
4,456,502,765
|
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
|
3,569
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| July
15, 2003 |
4,683,497,070
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3,504
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