New York, NY — As of mid-April, short interest in 2,736 NASDAQ National Market® securities totaled 5,452,690,039 shares compared with 5,410,333,864 shares in 2,755 National Market issues for the month of March.
The April short interest represents 3.23 days’ average daily NASDAQ National Market share volume for the reporting period, compared with 2.96 days in March. Short interest in 611 securities on The NASDAQ SmallCap MarketSM totaled 156,387,484 shares for April, compared with 166,719,595 shares in 602 securities for the month of March. This represents 1.49 days average daily volume, compared with last month’s figure of 1.40 days.
In summary, short interest in all 3,347 NASDAQ® securities totaled 5,609,077,523 shares for April, compared with 3,357 issues and 5,577,053,459 shares in March. This is 3.12 days’ average daily volume, compared with last month’s average of 2.87 days.
The open short-interest positions reported for each NASDAQ security reflect the total number of shares sold short by all broker/dealers regardless of their exchange affiliations. A short sale is generally understood to mean the sale of a security that the seller does not own or any sale that is consummated by the delivery of a security borrowed by or for the account of the seller.
The monthly NASDAQ short-interest figures are current as of the 15th of the month and are released to the media after the market close on the seventh business day following that date. The figures this month include all short-interest positions reported March 10, 2005 through April 12, 2005 and settled as of April 15, 2005.
The total NASDAQ short positions for the preceding 13 months and current month follow:
| Settlement Date | Total Short Interest | Number of Securities |
| April 15, 2004 | 4,993,345,137 |
3,443 |
| May 14, 2004 | 4,958,452,082 |
3,416 |
| June 15, 2004 | 5,170,987,973 |
3,430 |
| July 15, 2004 | 5,109,696,729 |
3,405 |
| August 13, 2004 | 5,157,706,325 |
3,400 |
| September 15, 2004 | 5,248,399,985 |
3,398 |
| October 15, 2004 | 5,130,673,030 |
3,413 |
| November 15,2004 | 5,024,315,108 |
3,391 |
| December 15, 2004 | 5,095,006,234 |
3,393 |
| January 14, 2005 | 5,041,477,963 |
3,357 |
| February 15, 2005 | 5,357,779,121 |
3,371 |
| March 15, 2005 | 5,577,053,459 |
3,357 |
| April 15, 2005 | 5,609,077,523 |
3,347 |
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