It is usually an interesting read to see what is going on in overall NYSE, AMEX, and NASDAQ short selling. Today we looked over various short interest reports based upon November 15, 2007, on the NYSE, which is fresh data for U.S. traders because of the Thanksgiving holiday. The total NYSE Short Interest went up from 11.932 billion shares on October 31 up to 12.387 billion shares as of November 15. This is the second increase in a row but within recent month data.
Below is a summary of some key NYSE short interest changes:
Below is a summary of some key NYSE short interest changes:
Stock (Ticker) 11/15/2007 10/31/2007 %ChangeThere were also many key net share changes in short interest, and here are a few of the key names:
Corning (NYSE: GLW) 12,678,622 16,112,839 -21.31%
EMC (NYSE: EMC) 50,028,872 61,281,674 -18.36%
VMware (NYSE: VMW) 11,681,831 10,440,110 +11.89%
Stock (Ticker) 11/15/2007 10/31/2007 Net ChangeOut of financials, Countrywide Financial NYSE:CFC) led the charge with more than 112 million shares. Here are some expanded short interest notes:
CVS Caremark (NYSE: CVS) 67,661,461 37,871,140 +29,790,321
Mirant Corp (NYSE: MIR) 50,241,294 23,796,710 +26,444,584
Qwest Comm. (NYSE: Q) 66,747,528 82,000,170 -15,252,642
General Electric(NYSE: GE) 61,608,091 66,708,279 -5,100,188
- Financial and general
- Key decreases in NYSE short interest
- Key increases on NYSE short interest
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