Bank Equities Short Interest Highlights
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| Published January 5, 2000 | |
| Institution | Shares Sold Short as of 12/15/1999 | Unit Chg. From 11/15/1999 | Pct. Chg. From 11/15/1999 | Avg. Daily Trading Volume | Days to Cover* |
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| Affiliated Computer Svcs (n) | 1,592,182 | -35,295 | -2.2% | 165,445 | 9.6 |
| Alltel Corp. (n) | 2,146,069 | 390,292 | 22.2 | 743,954 | 2.9 |
| American Management Sys. Inc. (q) | 1,098,579 | 150,385 | 15.9 | 402,075 | 2.7 |
| CheckFree Holdings Corp. (q) | 2,335,044 | 1,234,775 | 112.2 | 1,438,099 | 1.6 |
| Computer Sciences (n) | 2,105,008 | -2,493,020 | -54.2 | 906,454 | 2.3 |
| Concord EFS Inc. (q) | 6,231,350 | 1,289 | NM | 1,901,869 | 3.3 |
| CyberCash Inc. (q) | 2,097,736 | 256,952 | 14.0 | 571,823 | 3.7 |
| Deluxe Corp. (n) | 1,605,327 | 1,126,362 | 235.2 | 450,895 | 3.6 |
| DST Systems Inc. (n) | 548,000 | -139,255 | -20.3 | 145,000 | 3.8 |
| Electronic Data Systems (n) | 2,327,621 | -272,546 | -10.5 | 1,502,831 | 1.5 |
| Equifax Inc. (n) | 3,489,164 | -183,961 | -5.0 | 494,095 | 7.1 |
| First Data Corp. (n) | 5,501,159 | 82,983 | 1.5 | 1,418,068 | 3.9 |
| Fiserv Inc. (q) | 2,010,333 | -199,056 | -9.0 | 630,825 | 3.2 |
| Harbinger Corp. (q) | 188,712 | -187,841 | -49.9 | 729,675 | 0.3 |
| Harland John H. Co. (n) | 77,000 | 5,000 | 6.9 | 72,000 | 1.1 |
| InteliData Technologies Corp. (q) | 314,686 | -482,825 | -60.5 | 1,034,496 | 0.3 |
| Intuit Inc. (q) | 5,486,435 | 1,601,340 | 41.2 | 4,600,438 | 1.2 |
| National Data Corp. (n) | 1,885,301 | 358,342 | 23.5 | 427,550 | 4.4 |
| Sterling Commerce Inc. (n) | 3,789,378 | -910,900 | -19.4 | 937,563 | 4.0 |
| Sterling Software Inc. (n) | 408,000 | -196,030 | -32.5 | 545,000 | 0.7 |
| Sungard Data Systems (n) | 2,446,646 | -1,155,564 | -32.1 | 731,854 | 3.3 |
| Total System Services (n) | 2,245,578 | -24,339 | -1.1 | 29,086 | 77.2 |
| Technology-Related Totals | 49,929,308 | -1,072,912 | -7.4% | 19,879,095 | 2.5 |
Table limited to issues shorted at least 10,000 shares at either current or prior settlement date. - AMEX listing. * Number of days to cover short interest, assuming average daily trading volume holdsconstant and that all volume is used in settlement of short positions. Start - Rise from a prior base of zero. Clear - Prior short position falls to zero. New - Listed since last settlement date. S - Figures adjustedfor stock split or dividend. R - Prior figures revised. (s) Stock split or dividend in current month only. (r) previous month revised. (n) New York Stock Exchange. (q) Nasdaq Stock Exchange. Compiled byAmerican Banker. Sources: New York Stock Exchange, Nasdaq Stock Exchange, and ILX Systems Inc.
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