52-WEEK Wk Latest High Low ago 4.00 4.00 7.00 4.00
Prime rates [ U.S. Effective Date: 3/18/2008 ]
52-WEEK Wk Latest High Low ago U.S. 5.25 5.25 8.25 5.25 Canada 4.75 5.25 6.25 4.75 Euro zone 4.00 4.00 4.00 3.75 Japan 1.875 1.875 1.875 1.875 Switzerland 3.67 3.75 4.62 3.46 Britain 5.00 5.00 5.75 5.00 Australia 7.25 7.25 7.25 6.25 Hong Kong 5.50 5.50 This rule was removed in 2007. SHORT INTEREST Short interest is the total number of shares of a security that have been sold short by customers and securities firms
NYSE short interest data is published twice a month:
approximately 5 business days after the 1st and 15th of each month.
Short interest ratio is obtained by dividing short
interest by the stock's average daily trading volume
It indicates how many days it would take for short
sellers to purchase shares required for already contracted sales (called 'covering the short position') if the stock price increases against expectations of decline