Short interest in Western Asset High Yield Defined Opps. (NYSE:HYI) increased during the last reporting period, rising from 27.50K to 37.90K. This put -% of the company's publicly available shares short.

Based on the recent average volume of 100.23K shares traded per day, it would take 1 day(s) for holders of this short interest to close out their positions without sending the stock sharply higher.