S&P 500 Changes in Short Interest as Percentage of Float
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Dec 12, 2012
The following tables show companies listed in the S&P 500 Index that have the largest changes in short interest as a percentage of shares available for trading as of the Nov. 30 settlement date.
TOP 25 INCREASES IN SHORT INTEREST VS FLOAT
Nov. 30 Nov. 15
Short Interest Short Interest
Ticker Name /Free Float % /Free Float % Increase %
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BMC BMC SOFTWARE INC 10.12 1.46 8.67
BBY BEST BUY CO INC 14.04 10.10 3.94
STX SEAGATE TECHNOLO 13.75 11.09 2.66
PLL PALL CORP 7.09 4.76 2.32
EW EDWARDS LIFE 4.78 3.12 1.66
CHK CHESAPEAKE ENERG 14.04 12.55 1.49
NVDA NVIDIA CORP 3.79 2.32 1.47
CMS CMS ENERGY CORP 5.02 3.58 1.43
OMC OMNICOM GROUP 4.55 3.18 1.37
FFIV F5 NETWORKS 5.28 3.91 1.37
FHN FIRST HORIZON NA 9.63 8.31 1.32
EA ELECTRONIC ARTS 7.65 6.35 1.30
BMS BEMIS CO 5.62 4.42 1.20
LUK LEUCADIA NATL 4.67 3.50 1.17
DG DOLLAR GENERAL C 2.94 1.84 1.09
DELL DELL INC 5.00 3.95 1.05
BLL BALL CORP 3.74 2.70 1.04
GCI GANNETT CO 11.52 10.53 1.00
DNB DUN & BRADSTREET 12.95 12.08 0.87
JOY JOY GLOBAL INC 6.92 6.08 0.84
MUR MURPHY OIL CORP 4.57 3.80 0.78
PNR PENTAIR LTD-REG 2.92 2.17 0.74
NDAQ NASDAQ OMX GROUP 4.32 3.59 0.73
IPG INTERPUBLIC GRP 3.52 2.80 0.73
DNR DENBURY RESOURCE 3.74 3.02 0.72
TOP 25 DECREASES IN SHORT INTEREST VS FLOAT
Nov. 30 Nov. 15
Short Interest Short Interest
Ticker Name /Free Float % /Free Float % Decrease %
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AMD ADV MICRO DEVICE 24.06 26.87 -2.81
RRD RR DONNELLEY & S 26.21 28.10 -1.89
PBI PITNEY BOWES INC 30.50 32.36 -1.86
WIN WINDSTREAM CORP 11.30 12.98 -1.68
PCS METROPCS COMMUNI 6.97 8.57 -1.60
BTU PEABODY ENERGY 5.94 7.40 -1.46
AVB AVALONBAY COMMUN 5.27 6.54 -1.28
NFLX NETFLIX INC 26.97 28.22 -1.25
TSO TESORO CORP 6.02 7.19 -1.17
APOL APOLLO GROUP-A 16.51 17.63 -1.13
AN AUTONATION INC 5.11 6.18 -1.07
SEE SEALED AIR CORP 7.06 8.12 -1.06
JNPR JUNIPER NETWORKS 2.49 3.53 -1.04
ANF ABERCROMBIE & FI 13.09 14.08 -1.00
KLAC KLA-TENCOR CORP 4.16 5.06 -0.90
STZ CONSTELLATION-A 2.53 3.42 -0.89
WPO WASHINGTON POS-B 9.10 9.97 -0.88
MAR MARRIOTT INTL-A 7.14 8.00 -0.86
WHR WHIRLPOOL CORP 3.68 4.53 -0.85
SCG SCANA CORP 3.63 4.47 -0.84
CPB CAMPBELL SOUP CO 10.48 11.32 -0.84
TIE TITANIUM METALS 5.04 5.86 -0.81
TRIP TRIPADVISOR INC 14.44 15.24 -0.80
STJ ST JUDE MEDICAL 1.30 2.09 -0.79
TXT TEXTRON INC 5.00 5.78 -0.79
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