NEW YORK, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Short interest on the New York Stock Exchange
rose 0.22 percent in the second half of November, the exchange said on
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Below are the five NYSE stocks that experienced the largest increases and decreases in their short positions in the second half of November according to information released by the exchange.
The five companies with the largest overall short positions are also listed.
The latest date is as of Nov. 30, while the previous period's data is as of Nov. 13.
COMPANY Nov 30 Nov 13 NET CHANGE PCT CHANGE FIVE BIGGEST INCREASES: Bristol-Myers Squibb 48,356,106 20,048,696 28,307,410 141.19 Citigroup Inc 215,990,623 194,829,624 21,160,999 10.86 Synovus Fin Corp 40,399,841 26,386,388 14,013,453 53.11 Xerox Corp 71,523,143 58,740,881 12,782,262 21.76 United Microelectr 49,595,092 39,401,384 10,193,708 25.87
FIVE BIGGEST DECREASES: SLM Corp Sallie Mae 24,557,806 35,811,817 -11,254,011 -31.43 Motorola Inc 48,491,769 59,065,283 -10,573,514 -17.90 Merck & Co Inc 37,155,894 47,516,828 -10,360,934 -21.80 AMD Inc 44,199,954 52,138,416 -7,938,462 -15.23 Cemex SAB de CV 14,499,664 22,219,803 -7,720,139 -34.74
FIVE BIGGEST POSITIONS: Citigroup Inc 215,990,623 194,829,624 21,160,999 10.86 Ford Motor Co 135,618,503 135,026,339 592,164 0.44 Fannie Mae 119,162,661 118,495,526 667,135 0.56 Sprint Nextel Corp 102,941,824 103,111,297 -169,473 -0.16 General Electric Co 100,337,377 103,273,797 -2,936,420 -2.84
Source: NYSE data as of Nov 30, Reuters Keywords: MARKETS SHORTINTEREST/NYSE
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Below are the five NYSE stocks that experienced the largest increases and decreases in their short positions in the second half of November according to information released by the exchange.
The five companies with the largest overall short positions are also listed.
The latest date is as of Nov. 30, while the previous period's data is as of Nov. 13.
COMPANY Nov 30 Nov 13 NET CHANGE PCT CHANGE FIVE BIGGEST INCREASES: Bristol-Myers Squibb 48,356,106 20,048,696 28,307,410 141.19 Citigroup Inc 215,990,623 194,829,624 21,160,999 10.86 Synovus Fin Corp 40,399,841 26,386,388 14,013,453 53.11 Xerox Corp 71,523,143 58,740,881 12,782,262 21.76 United Microelectr 49,595,092 39,401,384 10,193,708 25.87
FIVE BIGGEST DECREASES: SLM Corp Sallie Mae 24,557,806 35,811,817 -11,254,011 -31.43 Motorola Inc 48,491,769 59,065,283 -10,573,514 -17.90 Merck & Co Inc 37,155,894 47,516,828 -10,360,934 -21.80 AMD Inc 44,199,954 52,138,416 -7,938,462 -15.23 Cemex SAB de CV 14,499,664 22,219,803 -7,720,139 -34.74
FIVE BIGGEST POSITIONS: Citigroup Inc 215,990,623 194,829,624 21,160,999 10.86 Ford Motor Co 135,618,503 135,026,339 592,164 0.44 Fannie Mae 119,162,661 118,495,526 667,135 0.56 Sprint Nextel Corp 102,941,824 103,111,297 -169,473 -0.16 General Electric Co 100,337,377 103,273,797 -2,936,420 -2.84
Source: NYSE data as of Nov 30, Reuters Keywords: MARKETS SHORTINTEREST/NYSE
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