Largest Nasdaq Short Interest Percent Decreases as of April 15
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2011-05-04T20:30:02Z
The following are the 200 largest short interest percent decreases on the Nasdaq Stock Market as of the April 15 settlement date. This list includes securities with a short position of at least 200,000 shares.
Ticker Symbol Company April 15 March 31 % Change ============================================================================= WESTD WESTINGHOUSE SOL 307,194 599,908 -48.8 XING QIAO XING UNIVER 1,388,314 2,604,755 -46.7 TRGL TOREADOR RES 692,247 1,231,512 -43.8 ASML ASML HOLDING-NY 1,402,110 2,417,869 -42.0 VELT VELTI PLC 431,604 715,484 -39.7 VSEA VARIAN SEMI EQUI 1,219,651 1,943,854 -37.3 SXCI SXC HEALTH SOLUT 579,431 922,338 -37.2 LOGM LOGMEIN INC 3,044,387 4,706,729 -35.3 CBEH CHINA INTEGRATED 3,556,941 5,473,862 -35.0 LINTA LIBERTY-INTER A 3,990,556 6,051,914 -34.1 VRSN VERISIGN INC 5,844,627 8,800,238 -33.6 SHPGY SHIRE PLC-ADR 1,502,290 2,170,006 -30.8 WIN WINDSTREAM CORP 14,518,725 20,780,684 -30.1 CPWR COMPUWARE CORP 2,983,670 4,157,564 -28.2 TWTC TW TELECOM INC 5,325,497 7,345,942 -27.5 BWEN BROADWIND ENERGY 4,058,129 5,569,461 -27.1 BBRG BRAVO BRIO RESTA 379,626 519,671 -26.9 ICLR ICON PLC-ADR 654,968 891,779 -26.6 PLCM POLYCOM INC 2,041,869 2,741,503 -25.5 CPSI COMPUTER PROGRAM 254,089 340,014 -25.3 UEPS NET 1 UEPS TECH 376,320 502,520 -25.1 QCOR QUESTCOR PHARM 8,245,516 10,931,395 -24.6 ISLE ISLE OF CAPRI 1,344,362 1,767,104 -23.9 KNDI KANDI TECHNOLGIE 976,464 1,282,727 -23.9 PRAN PRANA BIOTEC-ADR 1,063,628 1,396,115 -23.8 ISTA ISTA PHARMACEUTI 451,986 592,908 -23.8 KCAP KOHLBERG CAPITAL 260,422 339,777 -23.4 MSSR MCCORMICK & SCHM 521,361 678,171 -23.1 ALTE ALTERRA CAPITAL 2,500,840 3,236,370 -22.7 TSTY TASTY BAKING CO 543,323 701,462 -22.5 LOGI LOGITECH INTER-R 24,232,304 31,147,003 -22.2 AMRS AMYRIS INC 892,282 1,146,009 -22.1 ALTI ALTAIR NANOTECHN 586,900 753,689 -22.1 HAUP HAUPPAUGE DIGITA 210,210 269,055 -21.9 AXAS ABRAXAS PETRO 8,944,496 11,417,441 -21.7 TRLG TRUE RELIGION AP 3,924,478 5,009,041 -21.7 ETFC E*TRADE FINANCIA 3,587,553 4,569,990 -21.5 ARBA ARIBA INC 4,196,646 5,344,958 -21.5 PSEC PROSPECT CAPITAL 8,093,023 10,293,199 -21.4 OPNT OPNET TECH INC 442,658 555,947 -20.4 PMCS PMC-SIERRA INC 4,890,479 6,107,954 -19.9 CCRN CROSS COUNTRY HE 759,300 944,953 -19.6 OPLK OPLINK COMMUNICA 606,923 753,454 -19.4 LPLA LPL INVESTMENT H 366,873 453,084 -19.0 ABAT ADVANCED BATTERY 7,850,260 9,689,721 -19.0 CEPH CEPHALON INC 12,434,546 15,317,807 -18.8 SIMG SILICON IMAGE 2,915,078 3,590,307 -18.8 EZPW EZCORP INC-A 1,740,911 2,134,282 -18.4 ADSK AUTODESK INC 4,828,592 5,904,391 -18.2 AZPN ASPEN TECHNOLOGY 1,889,850 2,307,181 -18.1 GNTX GENTEX CORP 3,098,844 3,780,584 -18.0 ULTI ULTIMATE SOFTWAR 1,609,281 1,962,340 -18.0 BANF BANCFIRST CORP 278,465 339,259 -17.9 ASNA ASCENA RETAIL GR 5,482,737 6,652,646 -17.6 LSTZA LIBERTY STARZ A 341,589 413,715 -17.4 WFMI WHOLE FOODS MKT 5,529,931 6,690,656 -17.3 AUTC AUTOCHINA INTERN 655,204 792,001 -17.3 RDWR RADWARE LTD 231,440 279,682 -17.2 ESSA ESSA BANCORP INC 300,816 363,222 -17.2 ISPH INSPIRE PHARM 2,973,542 3,588,982 -17.1 MOBI SKY-MOBI LTD-ADR 517,603 622,799 -16.9 SGI SILICON GRAPHICS 1,620,845 1,945,233 -16.7 REFR RESEARCH FRONT 1,465,652 1,736,744 -15.6 SFLY SHUTTERFLY INC 3,400,707 4,029,186 -15.6 FOSL FOSSIL INC 1,741,100 2,060,466 -15.5 CRA CELERA CORP 3,343,390 3,942,890 -15.2 BHLB BERKSHIRE HILLS 1,303,129 1,536,343 -15.2 CONN CONN'S INC 5,263,447 6,204,019 -15.2 BNVI BIONOVO INC 433,954 510,761 -15.0 ERIC ERICSSON LM-ADR 16,794,178 19,731,216 -14.9 LEDS SEMILEDS CORP/TW 439,755 516,361 -14.8 SATS ECHOSTAR CORP-A 630,140 739,543 -14.8 BIDU BAIDU INC-SP ADR 5,036,649 5,906,003 -14.7 SWKS SKYWORKS SOLUTIO 9,247,151 10,824,090 -14.6 SEIC SEI INVESTMENTS 735,495 860,694 -14.5 JDSU JDS UNIPHASE 5,942,368 6,946,899 -14.5 ACAD ACADIA PHARMACEU 209,160 244,201 -14.3 WWWW WEB.COM GROUP 650,707 758,801 -14.2 GIGM GIGAMEDIA LTD 668,684 779,551 -14.2 PLXS PLEXUS CORP 3,130,419 3,644,076 -14.1 GSIC GSI COMMERCE INC 4,590,910 5,337,144 -14.0 CRME CARDIOME PHARMA 1,167,161 1,356,743 -14.0 CCOI COGENT COMMUNICA 2,099,846 2,438,276 -13.9 GLAD GLADSTONE CAP CO 1,528,699 1,773,470 -13.8 ARNA ARENA PHARMACEUT 28,107,722 32,523,407 -13.6 HWAY HEALTHWAYS INC 1,453,712 1,679,964 -13.5 ZBRA ZEBRA TECH CORP 444,950 513,939 -13.4 CRDC CARDICA INC 206,569 238,302 -13.3 RAVN RAVEN INDUSTRIES 421,259 485,959 -13.3 LNCE SNYDERS-LANCE 1,205,209 1,388,958 -13.2 MSFT MICROSOFT CORP 71,905,713 82,774,442 -13.1 EXPO EXPONENT INC 381,037 438,051 -13.0 AAWW ATLAS AIR WORLDW 776,191 891,374 -12.9 IIVI II-VI INC 735,420 844,526 -12.9 BPOP POPULAR INC 11,987,423 13,761,142 -12.9 FAST FASTENAL CO 10,985,350 12,610,756 -12.9 AGII ARGO GROUP INTER 705,090 808,015 -12.7 KNOT KNOT INC/THE 1,307,586 1,498,154 -12.7 DISCA DISCOVERY COMM-A 11,218,673 12,847,444 -12.7 EDAP EDAP TMS SA -ADR 212,880 243,662 -12.6 AVII AVI BIOPHARMA 9,334,268 10,658,313 -12.4 LUFK LUFKIN INDS 2,541,616 2,898,298 -12.3 AREX APPROACH RESOURC 772,921 881,215 -12.3 RAIL FREIGHTCAR AMERI 822,709 937,839 -12.3 HIBB HIBBETT SPORTS I 3,902,578 4,448,593 -12.3 CATM CARDTRONICS INC 1,341,103 1,527,904 -12.2 ULTR ULTRAPETROL 866,582 987,168 -12.2 ENZN ENZON PHARMACEUT 5,658,546 6,441,174 -12.2 HMSY HMS HOLDINGS COR 1,597,820 1,817,479 -12.1 FCFS FIRST CASH FINL 1,369,216 1,557,316 -12.1 SLGN SILGAN HOLDINGS 1,299,289 1,477,425 -12.1 SINA SINA CORP 6,196,046 7,039,053 -12.0 BIOD BIODEL INC 3,245,687 3,678,981 -11.8 CHDX CHINDEX INTL INC 393,634 445,473 -11.6 ARUN ARUBA NETWORKS I 10,049,794 11,370,649 -11.6 NVAX NOVAVAX INC 8,167,699 9,228,927 -11.5 VRNT VERINT SYSTEMS 357,921 404,378 -11.5 BEXP BRIGHAM EXPLOR 8,234,538 9,298,571 -11.4 PGNX PROGENICS PHARM 1,914,344 2,161,674 -11.4 VRNM VERENIUM CORP 247,175 279,108 -11.4 INAP INTERNAP NETWORK 1,433,574 1,615,731 -11.3 VOD VODAFONE GRP-ADR 5,244,113 5,909,990 -11.3 CRUS CIRRUS LOGIC INC 3,822,806 4,307,964 -11.3 JBHT HUNT (JB) TRANS 2,150,302 2,422,780 -11.2 BFIN BANKFINANCIAL 468,324 527,522 -11.2 SSYS STRATASYS INC 2,056,816 2,316,455 -11.2 SBUX STARBUCKS CORP 10,998,323 12,374,944 -11.1 TLVT TELVENT GIT SA 419,372 471,835 -11.1 CTCT CONSTANT CONTACT 9,200,686 10,348,192 -11.1 REGN REGENERON PHARM 5,853,012 6,580,473 -11.1 TZOO TRAVELZOO INC 1,725,559 1,938,944 -11.0 OXPS OPTIONSXPRESS HO 2,776,817 3,117,843 -10.9 CHFC CHEMICAL FIN 726,399 815,412 -10.9 CFFN CAPITOL FEDERAL 3,402,969 3,819,747 -10.9 FIBK FIRST INTER/MT 336,139 377,221 -10.9 OMPI OBAGI MEDICAL PR 717,957 805,673 -10.9 HOLX HOLOGIC INC 8,220,674 9,218,398 -10.8 NYMX NYMOX PHARMACEUT 1,332,822 1,493,274 -10.7 LCUT LIFETIME BRANDS 257,233 288,090 -10.7 FORR FORRESTER RESEAR 446,786 500,352 -10.7 AMRN AMARIN CORP -ADR 2,763,544 3,094,307 -10.7 INFA INFORMATICA CORP 2,382,082 2,666,898 -10.7 WWD WOODWARD INC 1,480,765 1,657,700 -10.7 RURL RURAL/METRO CORP 505,336 565,703 -10.7 NUVA NUVASIVE INC 6,206,255 6,946,630 -10.7 KNDL KENDLE INTL INC 497,363 554,983 -10.4 RIMG RIMAGE CORP 206,989 230,932 -10.4 HAIN HAIN CELESTIAL 2,636,168 2,940,957 -10.4 VCBI VIRGINIA COMM BA 1,044,459 1,164,584 -10.3 VDSI VASCO DATA INTL 1,045,706 1,165,373 -10.3 OCNF OCEANFREIGHT INC 241,033 268,562 -10.3 LXRX LEXICON PHARMACE 10,224,412 11,389,742 -10.2 TBSI TBS INTERNATIO-A 247,142 275,154 -10.2 MDRX ALLSCRIPTS HEALT 3,031,690 3,374,484 -10.2 PVTB PRIVATEBANCORP 3,449,323 3,836,206 -10.1 NUAN NUANCE COMMUNICA 16,268,575 18,077,676 -10.0 SASR SANDY SPRING BAN 814,995 905,080 -10.0 LWSN LAWSON SOFTWARE 4,728,253 5,246,701 -9.9 VPFG VIEWPOINT FINANC 492,330 545,967 -9.8 VTAL VITAL IMAGES INC 331,083 366,800 -9.7 WERN WERNER ENT 4,246,278 4,700,922 -9.7 ATVI ACTIVISION BLIZZ 15,838,882 17,525,985 -9.6 COIN CONVERTED ORGANI 2,312,037 2,558,294 -9.6 MU MICRON TECH 43,722,466 48,366,953 -9.6 FINL FINISH LINE-A 5,435,430 6,010,050 -9.6 SVVS SAVVIS INC 2,198,522 2,430,233 -9.5 HUBG HUB GROUP-A 1,140,666 1,259,048 -9.4 WPRT WESTPORT INNOVAT 3,111,163 3,433,029 -9.4 DFZ BARRY (R.G.) 375,920 414,758 -9.4 ACIW ACI WORLDWIDE IN 796,028 878,053 -9.3 CRIC CHINA REAL-ADR 2,140,625 2,359,062 -9.3 USAK USA TRUCK INC 211,337 232,850 -9.2 COLM COLUMBIA SPORTSW 1,156,345 1,273,022 -9.2 AMED AMEDISYS INC 6,037,096 6,641,648 -9.1 FLML FLAMEL TECH-ADR 339,868 373,696 -9.1 BKCC BLACKROCK KELSO 2,818,781 3,099,167 -9.0 SBRA SABRA HEALTH CAR 821,826 903,114 -9.0 IDCC INTERDIGITAL INC 7,363,830 8,091,982 -9.0 LDSH LADISH CO INC 512,002 562,576 -9.0 CVBF CVB FINANCIAL 14,452,100 15,877,742 -9.0 NTCT NETSCOUT SYSTEMS 1,255,445 1,378,880 -9.0 ELNK EARTHLINK INC 8,949,792 9,828,184 -8.9 ANDS ANADYS PHARMACEU 743,884 816,839 -8.9 HERO HERCULES OFFSHOR 11,447,009 12,566,650 -8.9 VOLC VOLCANO CORP 3,484,098 3,823,427 -8.9 PCBC PAC CAP BANCORP 334,016 366,332 -8.8 CGEN COMPUGEN LTD 285,350 312,957 -8.8 AFAM ALMOST FAMILY IN 528,786 579,900 -8.8 SYMC SYMANTEC CORP 6,288,975 6,892,337 -8.8 NATI NATL INSTRUMENTS 1,311,249 1,435,899 -8.7 SIGM SIGMA DESIGNS 1,923,464 2,105,796 -8.7 PBNY PROVIDENT NEW YO 811,402 887,987 -8.6 FIZZ NATL BEVERAGE 535,919 586,262 -8.6 MCRI MONARCH CASINO 251,957 275,556 -8.6 NWBI NORTHWEST BANCSH 3,561,458 3,894,916 -8.6 YHOO YAHOO! INC 46,385,931 50,725,452 -8.6 BIRT ACTUATE CORP 1,058,987 1,157,988 -8.5 APAGF APCO OIL AND GAS 263,716 288,202 -8.5 FTNT FORTINET INC 3,157,534 3,449,940 -8.5 TRMB TRIMBLE NAVIG 1,849,370 2,020,269 -8.5
*-- Data includes ETF positions.
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