NYSE Group Inc. Issues Short Interest Report

NYSE Group Inc. Issues Short Interest Report
New York, September 10, 2009 --The NYSE Group, Inc. today reported short interest as of the close of business on the settlement date of August 31, 2009.Based on information received from members and member organizations, short interest decreased to 13,785,419,814 (revised) shares from 14,129,801,752 shares on August 14, 2009. This was an decrease of 344,381,938 shares.The short interest on August 31 was equal to 3.61 percent of the total shares outstanding.The short interest in warrants as of August 31 amounted to 34,904 warrants, compared to 67,122 warrants the previous period.As of the settlement date, there were 4,075 stocks and 9 warrants available for trading. Of these, 3,395 issues had either a short position of at least 5,000 shares or a change of 2,000 shares since the last monthly report.A short sale is any sale of a security that the seller does not own or any sale that is completed by the delivery of a borrowed security.
Adjusted short interest for the preceeding 12 months:
August 31, 2009
13,785,419,814
August 14, 2009
14,129,801,752
July 31, 2009
14,019,075,490
July 15, 2009
15,637,748,052
June 30, 2009
15,570,613,801
June 15, 2009
15,348,185,008
May 29, 2009
15,146,892,934
May 15, 2009
15,140,539,571
April 30, 2009
15,173,139,551
April 15, 2009
15,640,165,370
March 31, 2009
16,173,689,617
March 13, 2009
16,169,344,115
February 27, 2009
14,608,255,028
February 13, 2009
14,188,847,789
January 30, 2009
13,427,741,819
January 15, 2009
13,357,565,273
December 31, 2008
13,129,000,164
December 15, 2008
13,597,848,531
November 28, 2008
14,773,724,226
November 14, 2008
14,184,494,648
October 31, 2008
13,829,207,377
October 15, 2008
13,584,588,896
September 30, 2008
14,840,183,359
September 15, 2008
17,137,639,017
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