Saturday, October 10, 2009

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) Short Interest Steady, Down In Other Techs

The short interest in Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) was steady in the period that ended on September 30 at 16 million shares.The bet being made against RIM (NASDAQ:RIMM) rose 13% to 13% to 19.2 million.  The shares short in other major techs stocks dropped.

Shares short in Broadcom (NASDAQ:BRCD) dropped 14% to 19.1 million. Shares short in Juniper (NADSAQ:JNPR) dropped 11% to 36.8 million. The short interest in Symantec (NASDAQ:SYMC)  dropped 8% to 12.9 million shares.

Among major tech stocks Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) short interest was up 9% to 82.1 million shares. Shares short in Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) fell 3% to 60.7 million shares. Shares short in Dell (NASDAQ:DELL) rose 6% for 41.5 million. Shares short in Cisco (NASDAQ:CSCO) were down 7% to 40.2 million. The short interest in Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) was down 3% to 30.9 million.

Among widely held stocks the short interest in Sirius SX (NASDAQ:SIRI) fell sharply by 16% to 89.3 million shares. Shares short in Cell Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CTIC) rose 11% to 42.4 million. The short interest in Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) was down 11% to 33.8 million. Shares short in Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO) dropped 4% to 32.5 million.

The short interest in Merck (NYSE:MRK) rose 4% to 179.3 million. Shares short in GE (NYSE:GE) fell 5% to 130 million. The short interest in Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) rose 3% to 267.6 million. Shares short in Citigroup (NYSE:C) fell 33% to 118 million.

The short interest in Ford (NYSE:F) dropped 14% to 96 million. Shares short in Sprint (NYSE:S) fell 4% to 95.1 million. The short interest in AT&T (NYSE:T) rose 12% to 48.9 million and shares short in Verizon (NYSE:VZ) rose 19% to 47.2 million.

Data from NYSE and NASDAQ.

Douglas A. McIntyre

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