Largest Nasdaq Short Interest Positions as of Jan. 31
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Feb 12, 2013
The following are the 100 largest short interest positions on the Nasdaq Stock Market as of the Jan. 31 settlement date.
Ticker Avg. Daily Symbol Company Jan. 31 Jan. 15 Volume ============================================================================= SIRI SIRIUS XM RADIO 401,633,942 379,000,361 38,833,084 FTR FRONTIER COMMUNI 212,151,440 213,627,971 7,315,063 INTC INTEL CORP 196,957,970 205,835,193 86,401,976 MSFT MICROSOFT CORP 80,093,007 74,584,075 57,464,358 SPLS STAPLES INC 74,340,023 82,163,696 15,306,419 WIN WINDSTREAM CORP 63,925,906 63,442,539 6,619,238 NIHD NII HOLDING INC 58,914,972 58,474,332 4,511,633 GILD GILEAD SCIENCES 58,802,642 53,031,310 8,889,128 CSCO CISCO SYSTEMS 56,795,221 58,245,707 36,429,060 MU MICRON TECH 56,767,312 54,271,708 25,105,402 QQQ POWERSH-QQQ 55,689,635 57,355,469 34,594,872 ARNA ARENA PHARMACEUT 55,142,745 53,365,578 11,563,682 DNDN DENDREON CORP 49,812,523 47,244,697 6,322,662 RRD RR DONNELLEY & S 44,006,396 45,122,073 2,907,165 JBLU JETBLUE AIRWAYS 41,114,681 41,263,092 5,979,001 DELL DELL INC 41,103,772 57,365,649 43,174,729 EXEL EXELIXIS INC 37,354,873 38,221,579 1,350,118 GRPN GROUPON INC 36,732,232 37,567,359 11,390,803 ORCL ORACLE CORP 36,594,976 31,703,497 19,065,013 GTAT GT ADVANCED TECH 36,358,891 36,381,134 2,032,996 STX SEAGATE TECHNOLO 36,312,450 41,744,432 10,020,299 SQNM SEQUENOM INC 35,509,238 36,291,237 2,966,768 VMED VIRGIN MEDIA INC 34,517,111 32,971,828 2,790,203 CPST CAPSTONE TURBINE 33,931,054 35,655,560 1,900,360 MYL MYLAN INC 33,081,134 29,250,274 4,487,272 MNKD MANNKIND CORP 31,429,971 28,395,246 3,199,543 STSI STAR SCIENTIFIC 30,337,565 29,266,755 2,306,517 ILMN ILLUMINA INC 27,420,034 28,404,230 1,353,356 LOGI LOGITECH INTER-R 27,256,712 26,876,016 878,584 EA ELECTRONIC ARTS 27,245,731 26,367,182 5,517,275 GMCR GREEN MOUNTAIN 27,117,800 31,013,405 4,333,626 SPPI SPECTRUM PHARMAC 27,024,246 27,011,590 1,078,223 COCO CORINTHIAN COLLE 26,567,966 26,206,115 918,001 CDNS CADENCE DESIGN 26,515,633 27,477,198 2,607,327 TSLA TESLA MOTORS 26,408,269 26,130,251 1,676,324 QCOR QUESTCOR PHARM 25,926,715 27,575,999 953,765 CMCSA COMCAST CORP-A 25,266,351 27,710,020 12,957,213 VVUS VIVUS INC 24,019,035 23,613,585 3,237,487 HAS HASBRO INC 23,964,006 20,862,562 2,610,142 PTEN PATTERSON-UTI 23,958,607 23,670,217 3,172,311 AMRN AMARIN CORP -ADR 23,943,873 24,344,121 4,945,703 NWSA NEWS CORP-A 23,515,213 26,604,848 18,419,074 INCY INCYTE CORP 23,306,829 18,768,893 1,570,462 SGEN SEATTLE GENETICS 23,132,657 22,489,546 846,797 TXN TEXAS INSTRUMENT 22,886,574 20,168,164 9,362,587 BRCD BROCADE COMM SYS 22,222,602 22,755,960 3,923,762 AVNR AVANIR PHARM INC 21,608,075 22,140,520 1,204,963 FITB FIFTH THIRD BANC 20,552,291 18,799,101 11,298,770 FB FACEBOOK INC-A 20,540,598 25,470,575 70,742,962 SVNT SAVIENT PHARMACE 20,358,264 20,095,408 795,060 PDLI PDL BIOPHARMA IN 20,206,005 20,849,353 3,018,149 PAYX PAYCHEX INC 20,095,399 17,330,564 3,371,426 CTRP CTRIP.COM-ADR 19,679,232 19,012,565 4,839,890 AMGN AMGEN INC 19,187,030 16,526,509 9,289,842 ETFC E*TRADE FINANCIA 18,989,961 15,604,732 6,749,449 VELT VELTI PLC 18,906,726 17,747,790 2,418,959 DVAX DYNAVAX TECHNOLO 18,876,959 19,371,845 1,780,638 AAPL APPLE INC 18,856,860 17,704,192 25,889,477 SBAC SBA COMM CORP-A 18,751,897 19,181,885 1,495,587 TTWO TAKE-TWO INTERAC 18,415,829 18,354,614 1,510,277 TQNT TRIQUINT SEMICON 18,353,520 18,156,139 2,097,242 FSLR FIRST SOLAR INC 18,301,576 18,989,650 3,385,553 ARUN ARUBA NETWORKS I 18,109,667 20,634,420 2,294,998 LULU LULULEMON ATH 17,755,811 15,730,955 2,557,339 MCHP MICROCHIP TECH 17,589,916 18,401,605 1,720,618 DWA DREAMWORKS ANI-A 17,372,238 17,045,695 920,093 CIEN CIENA CORP 17,282,863 18,680,889 4,519,396 CLNE CLEAN ENERGY FUE 17,115,991 17,288,479 938,509 APOL APOLLO GROUP-A 16,825,977 16,818,520 2,423,010 AMAT APPLIED MATERIAL 16,732,635 11,953,475 16,913,930 NVDA NVIDIA CORP 16,669,716 22,089,865 9,971,878 AMKR AMKOR TECH INC 16,556,449 16,340,173 648,416 OCZ OCZ TECHNOLOGY 16,422,353 18,154,998 4,046,436 DTV DIRECTV 16,416,238 21,583,486 3,912,384 PRKR PARKERVISION 16,409,547 16,146,528 345,401 PBCT PEOPLE'S UNITED 16,395,087 13,691,865 6,104,560 CAR AVIS BUDGET GROU 16,078,521 15,540,284 1,065,497 ZION ZIONS BANCORP 16,067,063 16,680,427 2,640,377 HBAN HUNTINGTON BANC 16,050,384 18,814,645 12,782,358 FAST FASTENAL CO 15,959,197 16,370,539 2,460,405 GRMN GARMIN LTD 15,809,709 18,387,688 1,358,038 SWHC SMITH & WESSON H 15,559,299 17,148,471 3,929,106 ISIS ISIS PHARM 15,408,397 15,131,331 2,325,008 FRAN FRANCESCAS HOLDI 15,225,323 13,385,914 898,889 CREE CREE INC 15,103,413 15,980,921 3,515,704 LEAP LEAP WIRELESS 14,964,138 19,317,019 2,010,475 ASML ASML HOLDING-NY 14,901,152 13,525,716 2,759,866 BMC BMC SOFTWARE INC 14,544,188 13,479,580 1,866,676 FMER FIRSTMERIT CORP 14,492,610 11,768,606 959,952 NTAP NETAPP INC 14,429,318 12,158,409 5,851,092 OMEX ODYSSEY MARINE 14,118,149 14,003,660 455,976 HERO HERCULES OFFSHOR 13,894,667 14,841,116 2,954,056 ITMN INTERMUNE INC 13,719,724 14,960,061 3,622,390 CSTR COINSTAR INC 13,566,497 12,901,887 1,110,643 YHOO YAHOO! INC 13,563,880 20,711,092 25,953,874 INFN INFINERA CORP 13,408,821 13,704,089 931,795 DECK DECKERS OUTDOOR 13,401,876 14,629,093 2,223,700 ATVI ACTIVISION BLIZZ 13,287,681 16,559,330 5,308,256 ZNGA ZYNGA INC- CL A 13,149,542 14,750,848 19,618,755 EBIX EBIX INC 13,019,079 12,727,417 294,100
*-- Data includes ETF positions.
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