NYSE Short Interest Report

The NYSE short interest for mid-June:

Largest short interest positions:

Lucent 133.5 million
Ford 105.8 million
AT&T 84.8 million
Home Depot 77.8 million
GM 75.2 million
Sprint 60.8 million
Pfizer 59.9 million
Qwest 59.2 million
TimeWarn 52.9 million
GE 44.6 million
HP 44.4 million
Interpublic 43.5 million
News Corp 40.1 million
Disney 39.8 million
Exxon 38.0 million


Largest changes up:

Home Depot plus 56.3 million to 77.8 million
AT&T plus 15.7 million to 86.8 million
Micron plus 9.1 million to 37.6 million
TimeWarn plus 8.0 million to 52.9 million

Largest changes down:

Lucent minus 28.3 million to 133.5 million
Seagate minus 21.7 million to 12.1 million
JPMorgan minus 10.9 million to 26.0 million
AMR minus 9.3 million to 21.5 million
US Steel minus 9.0 million to 5.9 million
DuPont minus 9.0 million to 26.2 million

Largest short interest ratios:

Pre-paid Legal 59 days
BuildABear 42 days
Mosaic 35 days
Superior Ind 32 days
Cedar Shop 32 days
Primedia 29 days
Allied Cap 28 days
Trex 27 days


Largest percent increase in short positions on AMEX stocks:


Apex Silver 50%
Covad 94%
Home Solutions 218%
InterNap 115%
Northgate Miner 160%

Douglas A. McIntyre