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The NASDAQ Stock Market Announces Open Short-Interest Positions In NASDAQ Stocks For June 2005
New York, June 24, 2005 —
As of mid-June, short interest in 2,730 NASDAQ National Market® securities totaled 5,683,388,046 shares compared with 5,566,939,248 shares in 2,742 National Market issues for the month of May.
The June short interest represents 3.54 days average daily NASDAQ National Market share volume for the reporting period, compared with 3.16 days in May. Short interest in 614 securities on The NASDAQ SmallCap MarketSM totaled 151,796,698 shares for June, compared with 149,127,663 shares in 612 securities for the month of May. This represents 2.10 days average daily volume, compared with last month’s figure of 1.93 days.
In summary, short interest in all 3,344 NASDAQ® securities totaled 5,835,184,744 shares for June, compared with 3,354 issues and 5,716,066,911 shares in May. This is 3.48 days average daily volume, compared with last month’s average of 3.11 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 10, 2005 through June 10, 2005 and settled as of June 15, 2005.
The total NASDAQ short positions for the preceding 13 months and current month follow:
| Settlement Date |
Total Short Interest |
Number of Securities |
| June 15, 2004 |
5,170,987,973 |
3,430 |
| July 15, 2004 |
5,109,696,729 |
3,405 |
| August 13, 2004 |
5,157,706,325 |
3,400 |
| September 15, 2004 |
5,248,399,985 |
3,398 |
| October 15, 2004 |
5,130,673,030 |
3,413 |
| November 15,2004 |
5,024,315,108 |
3,391 |
| December 15, 2004 |
5,095,006,234 |
3,393 |
| January 14, 2005 |
5,041,477,963 |
3,357 |
| February 15, 2005 |
5,357,779,121 |
3,371 |
| March 15, 2005 |
5,577,053,459 |
3,357 |
| April 15, 2005 |
5,609,077,523 |
3,347 |
| May 13, 2005 |
5,716,066,911 |
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| June 15, 2005 |
5,835,184,744 |
3,344 |
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