Largest Nasdaq Short Interest Changes as of Sept. 15
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Sep 26, 2011
The following are the 50 largest short interest changes on the Nasdaq Stock Market as of the Sept. 15 settlement date. The table ranks the top 50 positive changes followed by the top negative changes.
TOP 50 INCREASES Ticker Symbol Company Sept. 15 Aug. 31 Change ============================================================================= MSFT MICROSOFT CORP 102,796,030 89,395,963 13,400,067 CMCSA COMCAST CORP-A 45,783,169 34,943,868 10,839,301 QQQ POWERSH-QQQ 116,413,744 106,400,398 10,013,346 ORCL ORACLE CORP 51,654,715 42,073,698 9,581,017 YRCW YRC WORLDWIDE IN 22,001,499 14,325,027 7,676,472 WIN WINDSTREAM CORP 37,920,323 30,914,437 7,005,886 NVDA NVIDIA CORP 26,884,241 20,056,204 6,828,037 NWSA NEWS CORP-A 69,886,583 63,168,952 6,717,631 MYL MYLAN INC 34,358,674 29,351,644 5,007,030 LVLT LEVEL 3 COMM INC 190,630,310 185,964,905 4,665,405 PBCT PEOPLE'S UNITED 12,119,811 8,154,405 3,965,406 AMGN AMGEN INC 19,732,268 15,774,566 3,957,702 SIRI SIRIUS XM RADIO 270,521,617 266,898,620 3,622,997 BRCD BROCADE COMM SYS 15,487,758 11,928,611 3,559,147 RIMM RESEARCH IN MOTI 40,660,487 37,263,604 3,396,883 BPAX BIOSANTE PHARMA 19,375,889 15,990,399 3,385,490 QCOM QUALCOMM INC 25,137,203 21,856,766 3,280,437 DNDN DENDREON CORP 21,516,852 18,238,976 3,277,876 URBN URBAN OUTFITTER 19,301,681 16,119,042 3,182,639 MAT MATTEL INC 10,882,110 7,716,382 3,165,728 CHRS CHARMING SHOPPES 15,531,059 12,549,009 2,982,050 VOD VODAFONE GRP-ADR 7,174,799 4,255,288 2,919,511 ESRX EXPRESS SCRIPT 68,323,623 65,413,205 2,910,418 CSCO CISCO SYSTEMS 96,469,546 93,719,993 2,749,553 SYMC SYMANTEC CORP 12,502,334 9,838,110 2,664,224 SNDK SANDISK CORP 9,385,147 6,822,806 2,562,341 ADBE ADOBE SYS INC 17,781,463 15,300,837 2,480,626 FITB FIFTH THIRD BANC 18,310,208 15,836,781 2,473,427 VMED VIRGIN MEDIA INC 30,371,624 28,079,572 2,292,052 CELG CELGENE CORP 10,469,795 8,225,735 2,244,060 ARUN ARUBA NETWORKS I 21,020,795 18,827,553 2,193,242 OPEN OPENTABLE INC 7,503,667 5,313,644 2,190,023 ETFC E*TRADE FINANCIA 10,151,714 8,007,274 2,144,440 HBAN HUNTINGTON BANC 11,896,520 9,808,319 2,088,201 ASML ASML HOLDING-NY 4,996,176 2,957,063 2,039,113 AMZN AMAZON.COM INC 12,162,022 10,178,880 1,983,142 JDSU JDS UNIPHASE 12,502,748 10,549,080 1,953,668 ARNA ARENA PHARMACEUT 20,762,304 18,836,330 1,925,974 AGNC AMERICAN CAPITAL 7,457,511 5,564,710 1,892,801 VRA VERA BRADLEY INC 7,525,129 5,703,630 1,821,499 FSLR FIRST SOLAR INC 18,850,865 17,058,588 1,792,277 XRAY DENTSPLY INTL 12,759,901 10,988,196 1,771,705 SPIL SILICONWARE-ADR 7,067,555 5,325,609 1,741,946 ADSK AUTODESK INC 5,631,029 3,892,513 1,738,516 CREE CREE INC 20,576,761 18,842,440 1,734,321 SGEN SEATTLE GENETICS 29,459,729 27,755,339 1,704,390 FNGN FINANCIAL ENGINE 7,992,848 6,445,067 1,547,781 PODD INSULET CORP 10,820,555 9,295,850 1,524,705 CTSH COGNIZANT TECH-A 7,361,200 5,929,057 1,432,143 PSEC PROSPECT CAPITAL 9,694,301 8,262,183 1,432,118 TOP 50 DECREASES Ticker Symbol Company Sept. 15 Aug. 31 Change ============================================================================= INTC INTEL CORP 141,809,046 154,476,351 -12,667,305 SPLS STAPLES INC 22,364,833 27,106,223 -4,741,390 CMCSK COMCAST CORP-SPL 20,471,850 24,656,731 -4,184,881 MU MICRON TECH 61,811,988 65,534,640 -3,722,652 ERTS ELECTRONIC ARTS 17,306,214 20,948,597 -3,642,383 RRD RR DONNELLEY & S 18,944,525 22,548,146 -3,603,621 TQNT TRIQUINT SEMICON 11,384,593 14,957,358 -3,572,765 PTEN PATTERSON-UTI 5,471,730 7,547,048 -2,075,318 ATVI ACTIVISION BLIZZ 16,604,741 18,528,600 -1,923,859 TIVO TIVO INC 17,679,311 19,525,204 -1,845,893 GTAT GT ADVANCED TECH 22,727,167 24,572,740 -1,845,573 AMTD TD AMERITRADE HO 8,223,527 9,880,022 -1,656,495 PLCM POLYCOM INC 4,229,238 5,684,047 -1,454,809 NETL NETLOGIC MICROSY 5,119,225 6,449,823 -1,330,598 GLBL GLOBAL INDS LTD 8,927,052 10,240,220 -1,313,168 BMRN BIOMARIN PHARMAC 9,228,352 10,532,081 -1,303,729 IMGN IMMUNOGEN INC 5,451,430 6,711,394 -1,259,964 GRFS GRIFOLS SA-ADR 1,679,707 2,892,407 -1,212,700 STX SEAGATE TECHNOLO 14,057,247 15,171,907 -1,114,660 SOXX ISHARES PHLX SOX 6,216,358 7,248,387 -1,032,029 ONNN ON SEMICONDUCTOR 12,148,270 13,175,454 -1,027,184 HERO HERCULES OFFSHOR 12,726,676 13,685,301 -958,625 CY CYPRESS SEMICON 10,226,615 11,184,436 -957,821 HTLD HEARTLAND EXPRES 7,215,819 8,138,296 -922,477 VECO VEECO INSTRUMENT 10,959,139 11,870,510 -911,371 LLTC LINEAR TECH CORP 11,816,730 12,720,200 -903,470 WCRX WARNER CHILCOT-A 2,213,808 3,114,657 -900,849 PWER POWER-ONE INC 19,171,309 20,058,755 -887,446 ASBC ASSOC BANC-CORP 6,401,024 7,285,673 -884,649 AAPL APPLE INC 14,333,250 15,164,040 -830,790 INFA INFORMATICA CORP 3,336,720 4,146,536 -809,816 ELNK EARTHLINK INC 8,173,085 8,963,824 -790,739 DLTR DOLLAR TREE INC 6,076,169 6,848,153 -771,984 LNCR LINCARE HOLDINGS 6,562,511 7,307,933 -745,422 CEPH CEPHALON INC 9,177,359 9,919,864 -742,505 WTSLA WET SEAL INC -A 13,512,184 14,241,610 -729,426 BPOP POPULAR INC 5,943,839 6,648,925 -705,086 TLVT TELVENT GIT SA 230,421 933,861 -703,440 ISIS ISIS PHARM 10,366,677 11,049,631 -682,954 SPRD SPREADTRUM-ADR 4,861,060 5,543,016 -681,956 AGEN AGENUS INC 905,026 1,548,924 -643,898 CERN CERNER CORP 16,501,800 17,142,604 -640,804 AMLN AMYLIN PHARM INC 7,787,653 8,413,775 -626,122 CRUS CIRRUS LOGIC INC 6,454,847 7,042,700 -587,853 HOGS ZHONGPIN INC 7,528,712 8,105,758 -577,046 OVTI OMNIVISION TECH 6,969,846 7,544,458 -574,612 BDSI BIODELIVERY SCIE 655,679 1,214,886 -559,207 BIDU BAIDU INC-SP ADR 5,790,817 6,324,929 -534,112 DISCA DISCOVERY COMM-A 8,640,817 9,169,224 -528,407 NUAN NUANCE COMMUNICA 7,373,105 7,883,830 -510,725
*-- Data includes ETF positions.
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