Largest Nasdaq Short Interest Percent Decreases as of Dec. 15
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2011-12-27T22:53:33Z
The following are the 200 largest short interest percent decreases on the Nasdaq Stock Market as of the Dec. 15 settlement date. This list includes securities with a short position of at least 200,000 shares.
Ticker Symbol Company Dec. 15 Nov. 30 % Change ============================================================================= CCIH CHINACACHE-ADR 203,546 652,149 -68.8 ALXA ALEXZA PHARMACEU 1,001,772 3,106,913 -67.8 LMCA LIBERTY MEDIA -A 1,089,578 3,154,107 -65.5 NYNYD EMPIRE RESORTS I 512,198 1,444,041 -64.5 FWLT FOSTER WHEELER 2,098,310 4,367,220 -52.0 MCRS MICROS SYSTEMS 860,359 1,776,563 -51.6 MSG MADISON SQUARE-A 487,198 967,692 -49.7 EBSB MERIDIAN INTERST 257,464 500,268 -48.5 CRBC CITIZENS REPUBLI 365,641 690,167 -47.0 AACC ASSET ACCEPTANCE 296,093 528,018 -43.9 UTSI UTSTARCOM HOLDIN 675,778 1,179,760 -42.7 LKQX LKQ CORP 979,786 1,671,871 -41.4 WFSL WASH FED 606,053 1,031,906 -41.3 SEIC SEI INVESTMENTS 806,242 1,362,084 -40.8 SLGN SILGAN HOLDINGS 506,666 834,646 -39.3 SHPGY SHIRE PLC-ADR 928,016 1,479,850 -37.3 LECO LINCOLN ELECTRIC 462,080 733,277 -37.0 WIN WINDSTREAM CORP 28,767,578 45,383,941 -36.6 ACAS AMERICAN CAPITAL 3,113,159 4,752,243 -34.5 BFIN BANKFINANCIAL 592,830 901,990 -34.3 FTEK FUEL TECH INC 749,097 1,117,674 -33.0 SCHS SCHOOL SPECIALTY 1,381,452 2,055,085 -32.8 EXLS EXLSERVICE HOLDI 488,020 723,261 -32.5 THER THERATECHNOLOGIE 1,930,010 2,847,010 -32.2 TIBX TIBCO SOFTWARE 1,866,835 2,753,733 -32.2 CLWR CLEARWIRE -CL A 36,123,371 53,119,127 -32.0 GILD GILEAD SCIENCES 10,121,687 14,476,254 -30.1 DMAN DEMANDTEC INC 1,706,567 2,427,246 -29.7 EPAX AMBASSADORS GRP 636,961 903,415 -29.5 ATLO AMES NATL CORP 255,522 359,738 -29.0 OPXT OPNEXT INC 1,671,471 2,345,184 -28.7 AMAT APPLIED MATERIAL 12,237,643 17,121,615 -28.5 CYTR CYTRX CORP 871,348 1,210,159 -28.0 SCMP SUCAMPO PHA-CL A 434,157 602,474 -27.9 HOGS ZHONGPIN INC 3,796,038 5,242,089 -27.6 COLM COLUMBIA SPORTSW 1,407,961 1,930,902 -27.1 ETFC E*TRADE FINANCIA 5,787,957 7,934,129 -27.0 MOLXA MOLEX INC -A 225,068 306,717 -26.6 TFSL TFS FINANCIAL CO 1,224,802 1,667,729 -26.6 THFF FIRST FIN COR/IN 297,952 405,596 -26.5 RYAAY RYANAIR HLDG-ADR 579,592 783,773 -26.1 LPHI LIFE PARTNERS HO 1,201,745 1,620,118 -25.8 JAZZ JAZZ PHARMACEUTI 1,135,876 1,530,457 -25.8 SMT SMART TECHNOL-A 303,109 407,167 -25.6 ROSE ROSETTA RESOURCE 4,187,622 5,613,360 -25.4 EVEP EV ENERGY PARTNE 427,649 573,236 -25.4 SCHN SCHNITZER STEEL 1,082,119 1,446,495 -25.2 BRKR BRUKER CORP 1,844,736 2,461,845 -25.1 LQDT LIQUIDITY SERVIC 908,054 1,208,964 -24.9 FFCH FIRST FIN HLDGS 533,747 707,667 -24.6 CSIQ CANADIAN SOLAR I 4,352,569 5,767,832 -24.5 LRCX LAM RESEARCH 4,303,536 5,685,340 -24.3 PRFT PERFICIENT INC 729,195 962,521 -24.2 GNTX GENTEX CORP 4,952,055 6,492,842 -23.7 EXPD EXPEDITORS INTL 3,075,353 4,011,935 -23.3 SXCI SXC HEALTH SOLUT 584,058 758,875 -23.0 STLD STEEL DYNAMICS 4,277,338 5,547,794 -22.9 KLIC KULICKE & SOFFA 2,986,447 3,869,758 -22.8 FNFG FIRST NIAGARA FI 8,053,521 10,431,595 -22.8 VRUS PHARMASSET INC 2,546,129 3,287,489 -22.6 ASYS AMTECH SYS INC 554,588 715,969 -22.5 PEBO PEOPLES BANC INC 271,166 349,998 -22.5 IBB ISHARES-NDQ BIOT 4,524,231 5,837,346 -22.5 CYNO CYNOSURE INC-A 246,392 317,206 -22.3 FTNT FORTINET INC 3,162,594 4,066,626 -22.2 BNVI BIONOVO INC 232,083 298,085 -22.1 MSW MISSION WEST PRO 614,168 788,757 -22.1 PMCS PMC-SIERRA INC 3,350,418 4,301,905 -22.1 CFNL CARDINAL FINL CP 806,411 1,033,621 -22.0 SLM SLM CORP 7,390,423 9,441,729 -21.7 ECPG ENCORE CAPITAL G 701,121 895,715 -21.7 USPH US PHYSICAL THER 365,976 466,908 -21.6 CPRT COPART INC 873,025 1,113,036 -21.6 SEAC SEACHANGE INTL 987,824 1,259,059 -21.5 AMRI ALBANY MOLECULAR 592,216 752,338 -21.3 BIIB BIOGEN IDEC INC 2,806,621 3,562,705 -21.2 SPWR SUNPOWER CORP 7,371,626 9,338,406 -21.1 CMED CHINA MEDIC-ADR 4,402,243 5,575,468 -21.0 PTEN PATTERSON-UTI 5,765,552 7,293,928 -21.0 KELYA KELLY SERVICES-A 1,407,880 1,778,055 -20.8 VPFG VIEWPOINT FINANC 1,061,304 1,339,363 -20.8 AGII ARGO GROUP INTER 757,308 953,472 -20.6 LBTYK LIBERTY GLOBAL-C 314,425 395,504 -20.5 TYPE MONOTYPE IMAGING 1,471,483 1,850,604 -20.5 ELOS SYNERON MEDICAL 240,871 302,541 -20.4 ATEC ALPHATEC HOLDING 2,631,178 3,301,512 -20.3 CBKN CAPITAL BANK 462,608 579,754 -20.2 JDAS JDA SOFTWARE GRP 1,715,022 2,143,290 -20.0 LMOS LUMOS NETWORKS C 397,688 496,877 -20.0 CRME CARDIOME PHARMA 728,587 909,385 -19.9 FRP FAIRPOINT COMMUN 3,285,505 4,100,533 -19.9 PTRY PANTRY INC 1,256,642 1,568,002 -19.9 SOHU SOHU.COM INC 3,060,746 3,818,884 -19.9 IBKR INTERACTIVE BROK 1,041,040 1,298,118 -19.8 CXDC CHINA XD PLASTIC 236,506 294,458 -19.7 PSEM PERICOM SEMICOND 660,235 821,804 -19.7 FORM FORMFACTOR INC 2,206,168 2,744,795 -19.6 ANSS ANSYS INC 1,298,070 1,614,187 -19.6 POWL POWELL INDS INC 264,277 328,272 -19.5 CFFN CAPITOL FEDERAL 2,434,871 3,016,209 -19.3 SSRI SILVER STANDARD 1,108,245 1,372,150 -19.2 SAFM SANDERSON FARMS 3,459,498 4,282,148 -19.2 RLOC REACHLOCAL INC 1,325,082 1,639,048 -19.2 LYTS LSI INDUSTRIES 583,235 720,379 -19.0 TXRH TEXAS ROADHOUS 6,146,372 7,590,463 -19.0 UBNK UNITED FINANCIAL 376,567 464,835 -19.0 IMKTA INGLES MARKETS-A 324,612 400,588 -19.0 TRS TRIMAS CORP 971,705 1,196,940 -18.8 BIRT ACTUATE CORP 1,040,071 1,280,723 -18.8 PNNT PENNANTPARK INVE 1,848,611 2,276,340 -18.8 EPAY BOTTOMLINE TECH 1,137,708 1,400,658 -18.8 ROCK GIBRALTAR INDUST 1,028,124 1,265,227 -18.7 NPSP NPS PHARM INC 6,335,510 7,795,348 -18.7 AGEN AGENUS INC 239,490 294,662 -18.7 WYNN WYNN RESORTS LTD 4,879,492 6,003,189 -18.7 ADP AUTOMATIC DATA 5,074,300 6,241,780 -18.7 PKOH PARK OHIO HLDGS 293,951 361,468 -18.7 CY CYPRESS SEMICON 6,473,517 7,958,495 -18.7 CBSH COMMERCE BCSHS 2,242,406 2,756,611 -18.7 ICFI ICF INTERNATIONA 652,443 802,022 -18.7 CAST CHINACAST EDUCAT 2,644,482 3,245,323 -18.5 ABIO ARCA BIOPHARMA 453,498 556,264 -18.5 UTHR UNITED THERAPEUT 7,944,110 9,743,752 -18.5 LBTYA LIBERTY GLOBAL-A 3,200,121 3,921,880 -18.4 DSCO DISCOVERY LABS 366,576 448,958 -18.3 PLXS PLEXUS CORP 1,870,898 2,289,868 -18.3 MTRX MATRIX SERVICE 797,423 973,838 -18.1 VRSK VERISK ANALYTI-A 962,200 1,174,544 -18.1 CPSI COMPUTER PROGRAM 486,803 593,310 -18.0 BNCL BENEFICIAL MUTUA 1,087,018 1,324,574 -17.9 PZZA PAPA JOHN'S INTL 653,948 796,326 -17.9 PMTI PALOMAR MED TECH 774,016 941,835 -17.8 JJSF J & J SNACK FOOD 400,196 486,725 -17.8 SRCE 1ST SOURCE CORP 414,440 504,019 -17.8 ALTE ALTERRA CAPITAL 2,755,731 3,350,174 -17.7 KBALB KIMBALL INTL -B 788,574 958,534 -17.7 BBRG BRAVO BRIO RESTA 846,181 1,028,410 -17.7 CORE CORE-MARK HOLDIN 390,043 474,009 -17.7 GLDD GREAT LAKES DRED 2,195,694 2,664,848 -17.6 ADSK AUTODESK INC 3,987,019 4,837,078 -17.6 CRAY CRAY INC 1,054,157 1,276,598 -17.4 SUPX SUPERTEX INC 352,996 426,794 -17.3 MKTX MARKETAXESS 775,533 937,315 -17.3 SNPS SYNOPSYS INC 1,405,890 1,694,938 -17.1 KIRK KIRKLAND'S INC 793,974 955,872 -16.9 NATI NATL INSTRUMENTS 1,533,298 1,845,783 -16.9 MSFT MICROSOFT CORP 55,791,002 67,124,075 -16.9 SIGM SIGMA DESIGNS 1,808,732 2,174,909 -16.8 FISV FISERV INC 1,904,844 2,290,081 -16.8 AAWW ATLAS AIR WORLDW 1,063,119 1,278,062 -16.8 ADBE ADOBE SYS INC 14,824,049 17,818,343 -16.8 ESIO ELECTRO SCI INDS 635,083 762,617 -16.7 CTRN CITI TRENDS INC 813,007 976,221 -16.7 TCRD THL CREDIT INC 263,053 315,830 -16.7 GLCH GLEACHER & CO IN 2,557,228 3,069,644 -16.7 OCFC OCEANFIRST FINL 420,963 504,882 -16.6 HTLD HEARTLAND EXPRES 3,760,670 4,509,626 -16.6 HAIN HAIN CELESTIAL 2,063,061 2,472,781 -16.6 SYMC SYMANTEC CORP 11,875,447 14,229,895 -16.5 OPTR OPTIMER PHARMACE 8,735,936 10,465,981 -16.5 STRL STERLING CONSTRU 498,287 596,483 -16.5 EWBC EAST WEST BNCRP 4,231,114 5,064,816 -16.5 BGFV BIG 5 SPORTING 635,664 760,654 -16.4 CMCO COLUMBUS MCKI/NY 525,389 628,654 -16.4 TRAK DEALERTRACK HOLD 1,475,138 1,762,229 -16.3 GSM GLOBE SPECIALTY 3,100,967 3,704,228 -16.3 RTIX RTI BIOLOGICS 2,222,448 2,654,481 -16.3 EXLP EXTERRAN PARTNER 307,104 366,785 -16.3 PBNY PROVIDENT NEW YO 1,008,310 1,203,878 -16.2 MSTR MICROSTRATEGY 607,716 725,241 -16.2 SAFT SAFETY INSURANCE 338,431 403,599 -16.1 MHLD MAIDEN HOLDINGS 1,435,136 1,709,952 -16.1 LINTA LIBERTY INTERA-A 4,078,550 4,854,489 -16.0 CRRC COURIER CORP 272,621 324,384 -16.0 TAXI MEDALLION FINL 428,828 509,988 -15.9 ALSK ALASKA COMM SYS 8,691,959 10,325,145 -15.8 TRLG TRUE RELIGION AP 1,520,097 1,805,401 -15.8 CLMT CALUMET SPECIALT 282,045 334,869 -15.8 SAIA SAIA INC 552,717 656,125 -15.8 SLRC SOLAR CAPITAL LT 1,328,999 1,577,417 -15.7 AINV APOLLO INV CORP 6,196,645 7,353,606 -15.7 NDAQ NASDAQ OMX GROUP 4,092,787 4,855,910 -15.7 LHCG LHC GROUP INC 1,405,909 1,667,108 -15.7 OKSB SOUTHWEST BAN/OK 790,699 937,328 -15.6 HEES H&E EQUIPMENT SE 914,930 1,083,510 -15.6 COST COSTCO WHOLESALE 5,493,726 6,505,525 -15.6 EPIQ EPIQ SYSTEMS INC 1,137,283 1,345,974 -15.5 FCBC FIRST COMMUNI BC 482,763 571,019 -15.5 EZPW EZCORP INC-A 1,712,266 2,025,015 -15.4 CISG CNINSURE INC-ADR 3,869,669 4,575,333 -15.4 GKSR G & K SERVICES-A 540,867 639,253 -15.4 ROVI ROVI CORP 2,831,849 3,345,943 -15.4 AMAG AMAG PHARMACEUTI 1,380,730 1,631,009 -15.3 CHTR CHARTER COM-A 996,831 1,177,074 -15.3 FDML FEDERAL MOGUL 338,678 399,669 -15.3 PLXT PLX TECHNOLOGY 1,928,931 2,275,056 -15.2 EFSC ENTERPRISE FINAN 542,248 639,357 -15.2 AMED AMEDISYS INC 3,731,528 4,396,545 -15.1 IVAC INTEVAC INC 708,351 834,562 -15.1 FBRC FBR & CO 1,597,899 1,881,120 -15.1
*-- Data includes ETF positions.
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