NEW YORK, Aug 24 (Reuters) - Short interest on the Nasdaq fell 1.6 percent
in mid-August, the exchange said on Tuesday, suggesting a decrease in bearish
sentiment. For story please see.
Below are the five Nasdaq stocks that registered the largest increases and decreases in their short positions from late July to mid August, 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 August 13, while the previous period's data is as of July 30.
COMPANY AUGUST 13 JULY 30 NET CHANGE PCT CHANGE FIVE BIGGEST INCREASES: Micron Technology Inc 114,005,208 101,870,310 12,134,898 11.91 Tellabs 25,590,345 18,224,309 7,366,036 40.42 Atmel Corporation 17,001,734 12,764,837 4,236,897 33.19 Virgin Media Inc 31,716,695 27,716,814 3,999,881 14.43 Patterson-UTI Energy 15,311,389 11,399,702 3,911,687 34.31
FIVE BIGGEST DECREASES: Sirius XM Radio 184,763,687 208,652,556 -23,888,869 -11.45 YRC Worldwide Inc 132,249,363 141,353,363 -9,104,000 -6.44 NVIDIA Corporation 37,569,508 45,208,201 -7,638,693 -16.90 Microsoft Corp 77,750,327 85,184,033 -7,433,706 -8.73 Oracle Corporation 29,179,281 36,425,465 -7,246,184 -19.89
FIVE BIGGEST POSITIONS: Sirius XM Radio 184,763,687 208,652,556 -23,888,869 -11.45 YRC Worldwide Inc 132,249,363 141,353,363 -9,104,000 -6.44 Micron Technology Inc 114,005,208 101,870,310 12,134,898 11.91 Level 3 Comms. 99,420,641 97,288,326 2,132,315 2.19 Intel Corporation 80,133,152 76,778,014 3,355,138 4.37
Source: Nasdaq data as of August 13, Reuters Estimates Keywords: MARKETS SHORTINTEREST/
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Below are the five Nasdaq stocks that registered the largest increases and decreases in their short positions from late July to mid August, 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 August 13, while the previous period's data is as of July 30.
COMPANY AUGUST 13 JULY 30 NET CHANGE PCT CHANGE FIVE BIGGEST INCREASES: Micron Technology Inc 114,005,208 101,870,310 12,134,898 11.91 Tellabs 25,590,345 18,224,309 7,366,036 40.42 Atmel Corporation 17,001,734 12,764,837 4,236,897 33.19 Virgin Media Inc 31,716,695 27,716,814 3,999,881 14.43 Patterson-UTI Energy 15,311,389 11,399,702 3,911,687 34.31
FIVE BIGGEST DECREASES: Sirius XM Radio 184,763,687 208,652,556 -23,888,869 -11.45 YRC Worldwide Inc 132,249,363 141,353,363 -9,104,000 -6.44 NVIDIA Corporation 37,569,508 45,208,201 -7,638,693 -16.90 Microsoft Corp 77,750,327 85,184,033 -7,433,706 -8.73 Oracle Corporation 29,179,281 36,425,465 -7,246,184 -19.89
FIVE BIGGEST POSITIONS: Sirius XM Radio 184,763,687 208,652,556 -23,888,869 -11.45 YRC Worldwide Inc 132,249,363 141,353,363 -9,104,000 -6.44 Micron Technology Inc 114,005,208 101,870,310 12,134,898 11.91 Level 3 Comms. 99,420,641 97,288,326 2,132,315 2.19 Intel Corporation 80,133,152 76,778,014 3,355,138 4.37
Source: Nasdaq data as of August 13, Reuters Estimates Keywords: MARKETS SHORTINTEREST/
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