The NASDAQ Stock Market Announces Open Short-Interest Positions In NASDAQ Stocks For May 2003
New
York, N.Y.As of mid-May, short interest in 2,808 NASDAQ
National Market® securities totaled 4,259,462,626
shares compared with 4,336,211,644 shares in 2,819 National Market
issues for the month of April.
The May short interest represents 2.85 days' average daily NASDAQ
National Market share volume for the reporting period, compared
with 3.01 days in April. Short interest in 758 securities on The
NASDAQ SmallCap MarketSM totaled 126,992,159 shares for
May, compared with 120,291,121 shares in 773 securities for the
month of April. This represents 1.41 days average daily volume,
compared with last month's figure of 1.29 days.
In summary, short interest in all 3,566 NASDAQ® securities
totaled 4,386,454,785 shares for May, compared with 3,592 issues
and 4,456,502,765 shares in April. This is 2.77 days' average daily
volume, compared with last month's average of 2.91 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 April 17 through
May 12 and settled as of May 15, 2003.
The total NASDAQ short positions for the preceding 13 months and
current month follow:
Settlement
Date
|
Total
Short Interest
|
Number
of
Securities |
May
15, 2002
|
4,246,945,373
|
3,926
|
June 14, 2002 |
4,261,435,815
|
3,831
|
July 15, 2002 |
4,335,747,422
|
3,784
|
August 15, 2002 |
4,105,634,585
|
3,758
|
September 13, 2002 |
4,108,308,913
|
3,737
|
October 15, 2002 |
4,152,454,217
|
3,623
|
November
15, 2002
|
4,062,892,810
|
3,670
|
December
13, 2002
|
4,043,183,358
|
3,666
|
January
15, 2003
|
4,053,387,295
|
3,686
|
February 14, 2003 |
4,190,132,904
|
3,668
|
March 14, 2003 |
4,335,164,375
|
3,585
|
April 15, 2003 |
4,456,502,765
|
3,592
|
May 15, 2003 |
4,386,454,785
|
3,566
|
Contacts:
Carol Martz
(301) 978-4877