Largest Nasdaq Short Interest Changes as of Feb. 28
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2013-03-12T05:53:13Z
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 ============================================================================= FTR FRONTIER COMMUNI 227,601,135 211,680,559 15,920,576 MSFT MICROSOFT CORP 97,885,936 83,582,893 14,303,043 BBRY RESEARCH IN MOTI 147,214,984 136,511,698 10,703,286 INTC INTEL CORP 216,006,917 208,197,763 7,809,154 SIRI SIRIUS XM RADIO 414,016,386 406,288,219 7,728,167 MU MICRON TECH 73,234,184 66,131,273 7,102,911 CMCSA COMCAST CORP-A 30,950,558 23,961,762 6,988,796 WIN WINDSTREAM CORP 70,310,783 63,755,503 6,555,280 CSCO CISCO SYSTEMS 61,504,103 55,107,933 6,396,170 AFFY AFFYMAX INC 7,923,275 2,977,338 4,945,937 NWSA NEWS CORP-A 34,922,518 30,423,169 4,499,349 NUAN NUANCE COMMUNICA 19,492,312 15,688,009 3,804,303 LBTYA LIBERTY GLOBAL-A 19,199,449 15,605,486 3,593,963 TSLA TESLA MOTORS 31,954,742 28,694,016 3,260,726 WEN WENDY'S CO/THE 18,438,219 15,237,750 3,200,469 AKAM AKAMAI TECHNOLOG 9,665,003 6,495,084 3,169,919 RFMD RF MICRO DEVICES 12,970,633 9,802,875 3,167,758 FB FACEBOOK INC-A 28,492,068 25,392,181 3,099,887 ARNA ARENA PHARMACEUT 58,273,165 55,323,077 2,950,088 GTAT GT ADVANCED TECH 38,256,065 35,321,072 2,934,993 AMKR AMKOR TECH INC 19,438,549 16,525,536 2,913,013 PDLI PDL BIOPHARMA IN 22,762,130 20,049,715 2,712,415 NTAP NETAPP INC 17,368,171 14,746,756 2,621,415 DNDN DENDREON CORP 50,422,540 47,878,848 2,543,692 ORCL ORACLE CORP 38,195,551 35,662,465 2,533,086 SQNM SEQUENOM INC 38,480,312 36,028,072 2,452,240 SYMC SYMANTEC CORP 13,725,012 11,448,891 2,276,121 PBCT PEOPLE'S UNITED 19,831,444 17,647,146 2,184,298 CMCSK COMCAST CORP-SPL 7,305,926 5,160,684 2,145,242 DLTR DOLLAR TREE INC 5,726,878 3,614,324 2,112,554 GT GOODYEAR TIRE 11,876,378 9,788,394 2,087,984 PLCM POLYCOM INC 13,068,362 11,043,372 2,024,990 JBLU JETBLUE AIRWAYS 44,502,809 42,574,497 1,928,312 SBUX STARBUCKS CORP 10,655,131 8,732,560 1,922,571 MDLZ MONDELEZ INTER-A 13,695,797 11,810,180 1,885,617 BRCM BROADCOM CORP-A 8,256,403 6,386,895 1,869,508 ARAY ACCURAY INC 9,902,000 8,051,511 1,850,489 LBTYK LIBERTY GLOBAL-C 8,982,811 7,180,093 1,802,718 DGIT DIGITAL GENERATI 9,298,762 7,501,286 1,797,476 CELG CELGENE CORP 5,534,096 3,736,784 1,797,312 IPGP IPG PHOTONICS 9,416,477 7,649,045 1,767,432 ACLS AXCELIS TECH INC 3,317,090 1,553,995 1,763,095 VIAB VIACOM INC-B 6,563,556 4,836,990 1,726,566 PPHM PEREGRINE PHARMA 12,700,807 11,006,470 1,694,337 ZIOP ZIOPHARM ONCOLOG 13,954,955 12,342,096 1,612,859 NIHD NII HOLDING INC 56,249,928 54,688,593 1,561,335 STRZA STARZ - LIBERTY 6,785,124 5,273,284 1,511,840 FMER FIRSTMERIT CORP 16,993,602 15,533,119 1,460,483 SPLS STAPLES INC 78,101,124 76,697,269 1,403,855 STSI STAR SCIENTIFIC 31,782,667 30,396,692 1,385,975 TOP 50 DECREASES Ticker Symbol Company Feb. 28 Feb. 15 Change ============================================================================= NTSP NETSPEND HOLDING 1,171,635 9,436,949 -8,265,314 FITB FIFTH THIRD BANC 20,089,395 25,248,398 -5,159,003 GRPN GROUPON INC 27,514,056 31,921,765 -4,407,709 AMAT APPLIED MATERIAL 17,151,756 21,183,654 -4,031,898 EA ELECTRONIC ARTS 22,970,474 26,921,396 -3,950,922 QQQ POWERSH-QQQ 52,955,650 56,749,742 -3,794,092 VMED VIRGIN MEDIA INC 31,678,232 35,184,151 -3,505,919 VOD VODAFONE GRP-ADR 5,241,841 7,829,367 -2,587,526 NVDA NVIDIA CORP 16,533,989 19,069,121 -2,535,132 ATVI ACTIVISION BLIZZ 18,495,002 20,964,992 -2,469,990 RRD RR DONNELLEY & S 39,874,598 42,307,882 -2,433,284 ONNN ON SEMICONDUCTOR 9,696,941 12,107,954 -2,411,013 LOGI LOGITECH INTER-R 24,070,821 26,478,182 -2,407,361 STX SEAGATE TECHNOLO 31,018,267 33,373,142 -2,354,875 AMGN AMGEN INC 14,877,548 17,176,652 -2,299,104 BRCD BROCADE COMM SYS 16,193,304 18,485,708 -2,292,404 ERIC ERICSSON LM-ADR 8,439,661 10,613,531 -2,173,870 ETRM ENTEROMEDICS INC 1,564,159 3,597,425 -2,033,266 TTWO TAKE-TWO INTERAC 15,103,303 17,122,076 -2,018,773 VCLK VALUECLICK INC 5,719,452 7,628,274 -1,908,822 APKT ACME PACKET INC 1,677,899 3,583,184 -1,905,285 CLSN CELSION CORP 6,630,561 8,442,265 -1,811,704 AWAY HOMEAWAY INC 10,018,123 11,726,507 -1,708,384 MCHP MICROCHIP TECH 17,753,135 19,446,587 -1,693,452 EBAY EBAY INC 10,891,751 12,382,958 -1,491,207 GRMN GARMIN LTD 12,911,420 14,369,312 -1,457,892 CREE CREE INC 15,249,719 16,687,985 -1,438,266 HAS HASBRO INC 23,036,489 24,473,757 -1,437,268 CROX CROCS INC 4,376,832 5,813,517 -1,436,685 QGEN QIAGEN NV 6,872,056 8,169,117 -1,297,061 ARMH ARM HOLDINGS-ADR 5,330,408 6,602,869 -1,272,461 DVAX DYNAVAX TECHNOLO 17,812,131 19,058,154 -1,246,023 PTEN PATTERSON-UTI 17,030,243 18,253,302 -1,223,059 MPEL MELCO CROWN-ADR 5,447,082 6,657,363 -1,210,281 Z ZILLOW INC-CL A 6,505,029 7,707,139 -1,202,110 QCOM QUALCOMM INC 13,995,401 15,173,708 -1,178,307 ADI ANALOG DEVICES 5,295,042 6,462,462 -1,167,420 KERX KERYX BIOPHARM 10,743,095 11,880,824 -1,137,729 ONCY ONCOLYTICS BIO 6,707,041 7,838,272 -1,131,231 OCZ OCZ TECHNOLOGY 14,331,178 15,449,025 -1,117,847 CA CA INC 8,572,756 9,641,906 -1,069,150 ETFC E*TRADE FINANCIA 19,065,555 20,102,590 -1,037,035 JDSU JDS UNIPHASE 6,113,951 7,124,366 -1,010,415 ADSK AUTODESK INC 2,248,938 3,239,697 -990,759 ANGI ANGIE'S LIST INC 7,235,937 8,212,206 -976,269 HBAN HUNTINGTON BANC 11,359,907 12,314,802 -954,895 STLD STEEL DYNAMICS 5,986,090 6,932,786 -946,696 GPOR GULFPORT ENERGY 5,179,257 6,113,014 -933,757 FTNT FORTINET INC 3,230,366 4,156,996 -926,630 MRVL MARVELL TECH GRP 6,171,570 7,019,746 -848,176
*-- Data includes ETF positions.
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