Short Interest Highlights: Month Ending April 13,1995

+++ Most Shares Sold Short Institution Position

1 Citicorp 20,834,333

2 Fleet Financial Group Inc. 12,753,397

3 Chemical Banking Corp. 7,511,742

4 BankAmerica Corp. 7,007,122

5 Norwest Corp. 5,925,148

6 Bank of New York 4,940,922

7 First USA Inc. 4,696,794

8 Federal Home Ln. Mtg. Corp 4,151,705

9 Lomas Financial Corp. 4,122,196

10 Banc One Corp. 3,931,762 Most Days to Cover Institution Days

1 Lomas Financial Corp. 155.9

2 Union Planters Corp. 37.3

3 First Republic Bancorp 30.8

4 Southern National Corp. 25.4

5 Santa Monica Bank* 24.7

6 SC Bancorp (CA)* 21.9

7 Valley National Bancorp 20.9

8 National City Corp. 20.5

9 Fleet Financial Group Inc. 18.4

10 Glendale Federal Bank 17.7 Largest Unit Increases Institution Unit Chg.

1 Fleet Financial Group Inc. 4,291,649

2 Chase Manhattan Corp. 2,062,196

3 BankAmerica Corp. 1,768,552

4 Chemical Banking Corp. 1,374,594

5 Banc One Corp. 870,564

6 Citicorp 758,509

7 NationsBank Corp. 538,283

8 Bank of New York 499,538

9 Great Western Finl. Corp. 483,313

10 Signet Banking Corp. 434,953 Largest Unit Decreases Institution Unit Chg.

1 Bank of Boston Corp. -1,233,344

2 CoreStates Financial Corp. -1,097,272

3 Shawmut National Corp. -878,299

4 National City Corp. -580,932

5 North Fork Bancorp -351,100

6 Household Intl. Corp. -313,399

7 J.P. Morgan & Co. -270,627

8 Beneficial Corp. -233,297

9 Capital One Finl. Corp. -190,284

10 First Interstate Bancorp -183,769 Largest Percent Increases** Institution Pct Chg.

1 Student Loan Corp. 3155.80%

2 Centura Banks Inc. 169.70%

3 North American Mtg. Co. 161.20%

4 Chase Manhattan Corp. 135.00%

5 Valley National Bancorp 58.90%

6 Signet Banking Corp. 56.40%

7 Fleet Financial Group Inc. 50.70%

8 NationsBank Corp. 48.20%

9 Crestar Financial Corp. 41.50%

10 Synovous Financial Corp. 38.70% Largest Percent Decreases** Institution Pct Chg.

1 Unionfed Financial Corp. -86.60%

2 North Fork Bancorp -85.30%

3 Bank of Boston Corp. -58.80%

4 Bancorp Hawaii -49.90%

5 Integra Financial Corp. -47.00%

6 Capital One Finl. Corp. -46.60%

7 CoreStates Financial Corp. -46.30%

8 Star Banc Corp. -41.80%

9 Shawmut National Corp. -39.70%

10 Chase Manhattan Wrnts-6/96 -37.7% ===

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