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The NASDAQ Stock Market Announces Open Short-Interest Positions In NASDAQ Stocks For June 2006
New York, June 26, 2006 — As of mid-June, short interest in 2,733 NASDAQ National Market® securities totaled 7,031,254,849 shares compared with 6,285,290,592 shares in 2,726 National Market issues for the month of May.
The June short interest represents 3.32 days average daily NASDAQ National Market share volume for the reporting period, compared with 3.09 days in May. Short interest in 566 securities on The NASDAQ Capital MarketSM totaled 157,129,744 shares for June, compared with 166,046,803 shares in 575 securities for the month of May. This represents 2.01 days average daily volume, compared with last month's figure of 1.52 days.
In summary, short interest in all 3,299 NASDAQ® securities totaled 7,188,384,593 shares for June, compared with 3,301 issues and 6,451,337,395 shares in May. This is 3.27 days average daily volume, compared with last month's average of 3.01 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 14th 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 from May 10, 2006 through June 12, 2006 and settled as of June 15, 2006.
The total NASDAQ short positions for the preceding 12 months and current month follow:
| Settlement Date |
Total Short Interest |
Number of Securities |
| June 15, 2005 |
5,840,614,782 |
3,344 |
| July 15, 2005 |
5,748,318,831 |
3,352 |
| August 15, 2005 |
5,821,353,067 |
3,353 |
| September 15, 2005 |
5,811,842,432 |
3,337 |
| October 25, 2005 |
5,944,351,614 |
3,316 |
| November 25, 2005 |
5,913,634,842 |
3,302 |
| December 27, 2005 |
5,882,483,998 |
3,311 |
| January
13, 2006 |
5,885,355,970 |
3,312 |
| February 15, 2006 |
5,801,377,970 |
3,305 |
| March 15, 2006 |
6,198,926,815 |
3,295 |
| April 15, 2006 |
6,286,025,884 |
3,282 |
| May 15, 2006 |
6,451,337,395 |
3,301 |
| June 15, 2006 |
7,188,384,593 |
3,299 |
For more information on NASDAQ Short-Interest positions, including publication dates, visit http://www.nasdaqtrader.com/asp/short_interest.asp.
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Wayne Lee
301.978.4875
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