Largest Nasdaq Short Interest Changes as of Dec. 15
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Dec 27, 2011
The following are the 50 largest short interest changes on the Nasdaq Stock Market as of the Dec. 15 settlement date. The table ranks the top 50 positive changes followed by the top negative changes.
TOP 50 INCREASES Ticker Symbol Company Dec. 15 Nov. 30 Change ============================================================================= AMGN AMGEN INC 38,611,875 21,852,151 16,759,724 GRPN GROUPON INC 14,796,819 7,637,404 7,159,415 BCSI BLUE COAT SYSTEM 7,863,376 2,785,243 5,078,133 RIMM RESEARCH IN MOTI 42,495,693 37,875,375 4,620,318 SIRI SIRIUS XM RADIO 299,035,691 294,696,977 4,338,714 JBLU JETBLUE AIRWAYS 38,398,708 34,902,106 3,496,602 NTAP NETAPP INC 19,261,137 16,271,257 2,989,880 DNDN DENDREON CORP 31,343,596 28,395,506 2,948,090 MU MICRON TECH 67,127,184 64,575,139 2,552,045 NIHD NII HOLDING INC 6,621,055 4,115,002 2,506,053 FMCN FOCUS MEDIA-ADR 12,098,371 9,820,982 2,277,389 ANGI ANGIE'S LIST INC 3,076,283 1,015,197 2,061,086 SPRD SPREADTRUM-ADR 4,655,471 2,689,327 1,966,144 INFY INFOSYS LTD-ADR 10,692,172 8,745,017 1,947,155 OVTI OMNIVISION TECH 5,991,729 4,053,913 1,937,816 RRD RR DONNELLEY & S 26,700,646 24,993,566 1,707,080 GSAT GLOBALSTAR INC 8,341,272 6,643,356 1,697,916 BRCD BROCADE COMM SYS 9,731,693 8,050,086 1,681,607 QCOR QUESTCOR PHARM 6,814,958 5,157,895 1,657,063 INCY INCYTE CORP 19,521,657 17,865,162 1,656,495 ILMN ILLUMINA INC 22,964,792 21,424,784 1,540,008 EXPE EXPEDIA INC 17,421,526 16,052,332 1,369,194 AWAY HOMEAWAY INC 3,597,700 2,270,386 1,327,314 MPEL MELCO CROWN-ADR 9,048,049 7,755,064 1,292,985 UBSI UNITED BANKSHS 8,486,686 7,201,861 1,284,825 THQI THQ INC 12,193,566 10,915,360 1,278,206 ESRX EXPRESS SCRIPT 79,237,428 77,962,654 1,274,774 NWSA NEWS CORP-A 39,096,345 37,821,689 1,274,656 TEVA TEVA PHARM-ADR 8,650,120 7,382,687 1,267,433 FITB FIFTH THIRD BANC 20,536,544 19,338,882 1,197,662 JCOM J2 GLOBAL INC 8,943,995 7,758,788 1,185,207 BPOP POPULAR INC 18,014,883 16,840,229 1,174,654 LULU LULULEMON ATH 15,430,225 14,298,060 1,132,165 ONNN ON SEMICONDUCTOR 12,311,699 11,216,911 1,094,788 MXIM MAXIM INTEGRATED 5,110,417 4,017,266 1,093,151 NKTR NEKTAR THERAPEUT 17,580,162 16,498,760 1,081,402 KITD KIT DIGITAL INC 13,861,648 12,782,364 1,079,284 PANL UNIVERSAL DISPLA 10,945,043 9,870,590 1,074,453 DTV DIRECTV-A 19,025,690 17,961,191 1,064,499 ONTY ONCOTHYREON INC 11,350,631 10,292,447 1,058,184 KLAC KLA-TENCOR CORP 10,127,268 9,086,916 1,040,352 PRGO PERRIGO CO 4,320,899 3,306,612 1,014,287 HCBK HUDSON CITY BNCP 15,990,876 14,986,692 1,004,184 QGEN QIAGEN NV 6,654,273 5,652,816 1,001,457 ATVI ACTIVISION BLIZZ 23,302,533 22,396,892 905,641 OCZ OCZ TECHNOLOGY 21,482,558 20,609,711 872,847 CIEN CIENA CORP 23,786,228 22,919,767 866,461 BBCN BBCN BANCORP INC 4,642,556 3,778,477 864,079 OPEN OPENTABLE INC 10,774,396 9,935,230 839,166 INTC INTEL CORP 120,548,516 119,714,369 834,147 TOP 50 DECREASES Ticker Symbol Company Dec. 15 Nov. 30 Change ============================================================================= CLWR CLEARWIRE -CL A 36,123,371 53,119,127 -16,995,756 WIN WINDSTREAM CORP 28,767,578 45,383,941 -16,616,363 QQQ POWERSH-QQQ 103,152,327 117,474,891 -14,322,564 MSFT MICROSOFT CORP 55,791,002 67,124,075 -11,333,073 CSCO CISCO SYSTEMS 67,364,986 72,651,554 -5,286,568 ORCL ORACLE CORP 28,790,327 33,694,272 -4,903,945 AMAT APPLIED MATERIAL 12,237,643 17,121,615 -4,883,972 GILD GILEAD SCIENCES 10,121,687 14,476,254 -4,354,567 RFMD RF MICRO DEVICES 26,936,828 31,106,993 -4,170,165 CMCSA COMCAST CORP-A 24,513,793 27,834,696 -3,320,903 NVDA NVIDIA CORP 20,823,924 23,903,397 -3,079,473 ADBE ADOBE SYS INC 14,824,049 17,818,343 -2,994,294 FNFG FIRST NIAGARA FI 8,053,521 10,431,595 -2,378,074 SYMC SYMANTEC CORP 11,875,447 14,229,895 -2,354,448 HGSI HUMAN GENOME SCI 24,314,807 26,637,026 -2,322,219 FWLT FOSTER WHEELER 2,098,310 4,367,220 -2,268,910 AVNR AVANIR PHARM INC 27,708,954 29,931,324 -2,222,370 VMED VIRGIN MEDIA INC 28,539,618 30,707,800 -2,168,182 FAST FASTENAL CO 23,544,317 25,703,257 -2,158,940 ETFC E*TRADE FINANCIA 5,787,957 7,934,129 -2,146,172 ALXA ALEXZA PHARMACEU 1,001,772 3,106,913 -2,105,141 LMCA LIBERTY MEDIA -A 1,089,578 3,154,107 -2,064,529 SLM SLM CORP 7,390,423 9,441,729 -2,051,306 XLNX XILINX INC 14,441,918 16,437,285 -1,995,367 SPWR SUNPOWER CORP 7,371,626 9,338,406 -1,966,780 VOD VODAFONE GRP-ADR 11,936,425 13,871,243 -1,934,818 CEDC CENTRAL EURO DIS 11,214,754 13,125,940 -1,911,186 UTHR UNITED THERAPEUT 7,944,110 9,743,752 -1,799,642 YHOO YAHOO! INC 36,963,198 38,761,493 -1,798,295 CREE CREE INC 15,732,905 17,494,854 -1,761,949 OPTR OPTIMER PHARMACE 8,735,936 10,465,981 -1,730,045 ACAS AMERICAN CAPITAL 3,113,159 4,752,243 -1,639,084 ALSK ALASKA COMM SYS 8,691,959 10,325,145 -1,633,186 HBAN HUNTINGTON BANC 11,279,440 12,834,625 -1,555,185 DRYS DRYSHIPS INC 12,828,061 14,375,218 -1,547,157 GNTX GENTEX CORP 4,952,055 6,492,842 -1,540,787 PTEN PATTERSON-UTI 5,765,552 7,293,928 -1,528,376 SONS SONUS NETWORKS 9,770,502 11,282,178 -1,511,676 RMBS RAMBUS INC 9,173,714 10,666,127 -1,492,413 CY CYPRESS SEMICON 6,473,517 7,958,495 -1,484,978 NPSP NPS PHARM INC 6,335,510 7,795,348 -1,459,838 HOGS ZHONGPIN INC 3,796,038 5,242,089 -1,446,051 TXRH TEXAS ROADHOUS 6,146,372 7,590,463 -1,444,091 ROSE ROSETTA RESOURCE 4,187,622 5,613,360 -1,425,738 QCOM QUALCOMM INC 17,892,421 19,315,111 -1,422,690 CSIQ CANADIAN SOLAR I 4,352,569 5,767,832 -1,415,263 LRCX LAM RESEARCH 4,303,536 5,685,340 -1,381,804 HERO HERCULES OFFSHOR 10,357,953 11,703,945 -1,345,992 IBB ISHARES-NDQ BIOT 4,524,231 5,837,346 -1,313,115 STLD STEEL DYNAMICS 4,277,338 5,547,794 -1,270,456
*-- Data includes ETF positions.
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