Largest Nasdaq Short Interest Changes as of Feb. 28
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2011-03-16T18:59:53Z
The following are the 50 largest short interest changes on the Nasdaq Stock Market as of the Feb. 28 settlement date. The table ranks the top 50 positive changes followed by the top negative changes.
TOP 50 INCREASES Ticker Symbol Company Feb. 28 Feb. 15 Change ============================================================================= LVLT LEVEL 3 COMM INC 97,780,539 86,129,596 11,650,943 WIN WINDSTREAM CORP 23,231,579 16,159,092 7,072,487 CLWR CLEARWIRE -CL A 43,686,768 36,836,276 6,850,492 PSEC PROSPECT CAPITAL 9,002,505 4,672,364 4,330,141 AVNR AVANIR PHARM INC 25,279,606 20,968,094 4,311,512 BPOP POPULAR INC 10,169,833 6,593,363 3,576,470 DELL DELL INC 60,250,651 56,947,142 3,303,509 HBAN HUNTINGTON BANC 37,314,891 34,385,039 2,929,852 MPEL MELCO CROWN-ADR 9,405,001 6,565,744 2,839,257 MNKD MANNKIND CORP 20,827,990 18,266,293 2,561,697 MRVL MARVELL TECH GRP 9,290,314 6,886,406 2,403,908 GLUU GLU MOBILE INC 3,081,710 696,858 2,384,852 CSCO CISCO SYSTEMS 55,837,318 53,484,160 2,353,158 CRBC CITIZENS REPUBLI 11,549,972 9,314,396 2,235,576 SWSH SWISHER HYGIENE 3,964,662 1,865,163 2,099,499 CSTR COINSTAR INC 11,732,574 9,766,863 1,965,711 COWN COWEN GROUP-A 3,710,547 2,019,459 1,691,088 QGEN QIAGEN NV 8,671,229 7,001,048 1,670,181 CELG CELGENE CORP 7,129,124 5,495,887 1,633,237 SATC SATCON TECH 15,641,690 14,152,829 1,488,861 LLNW LIMELIGHT NETWOR 4,554,081 3,069,786 1,484,295 RFMD RF MICRO DEVICES 24,103,456 22,622,923 1,480,533 QQQQ POWERSH-QQQ 92,649,342 91,181,838 1,467,504 LINTA LIBERTY-INTER A 6,751,652 5,305,561 1,446,091 ADBE ADOBE SYS INC 13,823,825 12,383,880 1,439,945 JBLU JETBLUE AIRWAYS 46,281,014 44,850,289 1,430,725 SPLS STAPLES INC 14,168,530 12,770,841 1,397,689 FLEX FLEXTRONICS INTL 10,319,198 8,922,865 1,396,333 CREE CREE INC 21,402,043 20,058,088 1,343,955 YHOO YAHOO! INC 65,293,573 63,965,822 1,327,751 NVDA NVIDIA CORP 22,275,296 20,950,599 1,324,697 LEAP LEAP WIRELESS 6,647,169 5,325,405 1,321,764 TLAB TELLABS INC 18,254,210 17,053,562 1,200,648 BEXP BRIGHAM EXPLOR 11,026,732 9,988,988 1,037,744 OCLR OCLARO INC 5,695,089 4,683,843 1,011,246 ACAS AMERICAN CAPITAL 15,133,768 14,127,995 1,005,773 ERTS ELECTRONIC ARTS 22,299,493 21,295,836 1,003,657 TSLA TESLA MOTORS 9,878,099 8,921,026 957,073 PODD INSULET CORP 6,378,488 5,485,128 893,360 JOYG JOY GLOBAL INC 4,114,174 3,222,450 891,724 YRCW YRC WORLDWIDE IN 8,557,305 7,676,254 881,051 MAKO MAKO SURGICAL 6,963,952 6,086,343 877,609 SAPE SAPIENT CORP 4,339,455 3,468,633 870,822 LOGM LOGMEIN INC 4,292,911 3,422,392 870,519 GLBL GLOBAL INDS LTD 4,932,862 4,093,746 839,116 SGMS SCIENTIFIC GAM-A 4,634,184 3,819,953 814,231 PAAS PAN AMER SILVER 2,934,124 2,122,421 811,703 SONS SONUS NETWORKS 6,420,564 5,611,533 809,031 NUAN NUANCE COMMUNICA 15,199,338 14,403,480 795,858 SGMO SANGAMO BIOSCIEN 6,584,948 5,792,278 792,670 TOP 50 DECREASES Ticker Symbol Company Feb. 28 Feb. 15 Change ============================================================================= MU MICRON TECH 51,900,033 62,726,147 -10,826,114 AVGO AVAGO TECHNOLOGI 1,047,081 9,385,646 -8,338,565 AMTD TD AMERITRADE HO 14,867,381 22,616,951 -7,749,570 VOD VODAFONE GRP-ADR 7,642,832 12,724,309 -5,081,477 BRCD BROCADE COMM SYS 8,987,042 13,546,868 -4,559,826 NWS NEWS CORP-B 7,784,046 12,211,974 -4,427,928 AMAT APPLIED MATERIAL 15,405,814 19,332,910 -3,927,096 NPSP NPS PHARM INC 2,448,739 6,279,325 -3,830,586 NDAQ NASDAQ OMX GROUP 7,628,486 11,330,912 -3,702,426 RIMM RESEARCH IN MOTI 20,862,325 24,377,737 -3,515,412 ZION ZIONS BANCORP 18,137,029 21,649,243 -3,512,214 EBAY EBAY INC 18,328,079 21,716,195 -3,388,116 CLDA CLINICAL DATA IN 2,623,417 5,898,215 -3,274,798 JDSU JDS UNIPHASE 6,938,075 10,206,067 -3,267,992 SIRI SIRIUS XM RADIO 247,615,861 250,788,824 -3,172,963 EXPE EXPEDIA INC 11,725,109 14,782,918 -3,057,809 VRSN VERISIGN INC 7,664,334 10,708,316 -3,043,982 ETFC E*TRADE FINANCIA 4,904,367 7,708,041 -2,803,674 FITB FIFTH THIRD BANC 13,253,822 15,917,498 -2,663,676 ARMH ARM HOLDINGS-ADR 10,991,642 13,613,157 -2,621,515 PAYX PAYCHEX INC 8,700,034 11,316,500 -2,616,466 NWSA NEWS CORP-A 20,881,468 23,252,646 -2,371,178 PTEN PATTERSON-UTI 11,755,318 14,009,933 -2,254,615 STX SEAGATE TECHNOLO 9,053,356 11,262,075 -2,208,719 NFLX NETFLIX INC 10,287,565 12,438,627 -2,151,062 MXIM MAXIM INTEGRATED 5,834,853 7,973,794 -2,138,941 CRUS CIRRUS LOGIC INC 4,351,165 6,421,362 -2,070,197 TQNT TRIQUINT SEMICON 10,417,737 12,393,097 -1,975,360 AMZN AMAZON.COM INC 7,790,626 9,743,965 -1,953,339 OREX OREXIGEN THERAPE 9,998,231 11,939,902 -1,941,671 SWKS SKYWORKS SOLUTIO 13,017,557 14,901,813 -1,884,256 PWER POWER-ONE INC 35,403,862 37,258,601 -1,854,739 FAST FASTENAL CO 13,768,973 15,546,130 -1,777,157 SQNM SEQUENOM INC 15,909,082 17,662,258 -1,753,176 BIDU BAIDU INC-SP ADR 5,370,022 7,073,178 -1,703,156 JASO JA SOLAR HOL-ADR 25,408,283 27,089,317 -1,681,034 WFMI WHOLE FOODS MKT 7,973,975 9,626,806 -1,652,831 CMCSA COMCAST CORP-A 41,175,729 42,818,892 -1,643,163 MSFT MICROSOFT CORP 86,227,271 87,864,472 -1,637,201 ORCL ORACLE CORP 22,672,137 24,293,602 -1,621,465 QCOM QUALCOMM INC 33,802,993 35,205,360 -1,402,367 COCO CORINTHIAN COLLE 24,770,316 26,107,666 -1,337,350 LBTYA LIBERTY GLOBAL-A 17,053,346 18,379,808 -1,326,462 ADSK AUTODESK INC 3,970,510 5,263,576 -1,293,066 CHTP CHELSEA THERAPEU 2,577,148 3,846,904 -1,269,756 LULU LULULEMON ATH 6,596,848 7,857,438 -1,260,590 PPDI PHARM PROD DEVEL 5,507,321 6,745,439 -1,238,118 CPST CAPSTONE TURBINE 33,951,551 35,156,486 -1,204,935 TIBX TIBCO SOFTWARE 8,265,749 9,464,757 -1,199,008 ARUN ARUBA NETWORKS I 13,827,840 14,981,996 -1,154,156
*-- Data includes ETF positions.
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