Bank Short Interest Highlights: Month Ended Nov. 15

Most Shares Sold Short

Institution Position

1 PNC Bank Corp. 35,516,875

2 Fleet Financial Group Inc 24,763,096

3 Citicorp 11,958,262

4 First Union Corp. 9,459,648

5 NationsBank Corp. 7,042,254

6 National City Corp. 6,616,521

7 First Bank System Inc. 5,847,763

8 Glendale Federal Bank 5,519,223

9 Banc One Corp. 5,391,867

10 First USA Inc. 5,083,792

Most Days to Cover*

Institution Days

1 PNC Bank Corp. 52.1

2 National City Corp. 34.6

3 Fleet Financial Group Inc 32.2

4 Southern National Corp. 29.3

5 Glendale Federal Bank 26.3

6 First Union Corp. 18.7

7 Union Planters Corp. 12.5

8 First USA Inc. 12.2

9 Crestar Financial Corp. 9.9

10 TCF Financial Corp. 9.9

Largest Unit Increases

Institution Unit Chng

1 First Bank System Inc. 1,909,360

2 Citicorp 1,750,384

3 Fleet Financial Group Inc 1,730,819

5 Chemical Banking Corp. 940,518

4 Mercury Finance Co. 1,140,969

6 BankAmerica Corp. 710,910

7 Mellon Bank Corp. 675,758

8 First Union Corp. 660,325

9 Wells Fargo & Co. 625,455

10 National City Corp. 583,126

Largest Unit Decreases

Institution Unit Chng

1 Bank of New York -5,871,968

2 Norwest Corp. -1,594,339

3 Chase Manhattan Corp. -802,869

4 Ahmanson (H.F.) & Co. -749,891

5 Keycorp -697,551

6 Banc One Corp. -616,951

7 NBD Bancorp -576,325

8 Comerica Inc. -522,457

9 Golden West Financial Cor -381,939

10.Bank of Boston Corp. -302,279

Largest Percent Increases

Institution Pct Chng

1 AT&T Capital Corp. 344.7

2 Wells Fargo & Co. 154.2

3 Hibernia Corp. 110.8

4 North American Mortgage C 93.6

5 Mercury Finance Co. 65.1

6 First Bank System Inc. 48.5

7 Republic New York Corp. 45.2

8 Mellon Bank Corp. 43.3

9 Fleet Financial Wrnts-1/0 32.9

10 Integra Financial Corp. 30.5

Largest Percent Decreases**

Institution Pct Chng

1 North Fork Bancorp -69.9

2 Golden West Financial Cor -58.6

3 Bank of New York -54.8

4 Comerica Inc. -53.7

5 Standard Federal Bank -52.8

6 California Federal Bank -45.2

7 Bank of Boston Corp. -42.1

8 Dean Witter Discover & Co -32.4

9 Chase Manhattan Corp. -27.7

10 Household International -27.5 ===

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