Short Interest Declines on NYSE, Flat on NASDAQ

Short interest on NASDAQ

listed stocks was basically flat during the second half of April, said the market site in a press release on Tuesday. NASDAQ’s total short interest totaled 7.08 billion shares on April 30th versus 7.08 on April 15th, despite a decline in 2 securities over that period. The short ratio declined to 2.84 days from 3.08 days during that period according to the exchange. Short interest on the NYSE, a unit of NYSE Euronext

, fell slightly, from 13.9 billion shares to 13.84 billion shares, during the same period. Short interest slid from 3.62% to 3.60%. Declining short interest signals bullish sentiment growing in the marketplace.