Bank Equities Short Interest Highlights: New York & American Stock

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Shares Sold Unit Chg.

Short as of from

Institution 4/15/98 3/13/98

Ahmanson (H.F.) & Co. 7,496,176 -761,931

American Bank of Connecticut 18,990 13,194

American Express Co. 4,183,567 -102,317

AmeriCredit Corp. 1,615,262 -306,773

Amsouth Bancorp. 1,037,571 172,474

Bancorpsouth Inc. 22,820 9,420

Bank of New York 3,304,992 -2,476,43

BankAmerica Corp. 6,850,144 -249,370

Bankers Trust New York Corp. 1,563,678 -53,740

Beneficial Corp. 1,003,374 -306,185

Bridge View Bancorp 20,327 16,810

Capital One Financial Corp. 1,539,465 -207,914

Capstead Mortgage Corp. 3,662,574 -73,829

Centura Banks Inc. 187,360 -101,364

CFX Corp. 0 -85,107

Chase Manhattan Corp. 3,088,350 13,633

Citicorp 6,260,911 1,186,380

City National Corp. 459,836 -247,400

Colonial BancGroup Inc. 168,325 -49,167

Comerica Inc. (S,R) 1,169,521 16,512

Commerce Bancorp Inc. 188,164 134,647

Commercial Federal Corp. 678,581 398,316

Community Bankshares Inc. 59,186 251

CoreStates Financial Corp. 1,621,672 -66,921

Countrywide Credit Industries 1,144,783 20,696

Crestar Financial Corp. 505,622 -7,478

Dime Bancorp Inc. 747,881 -1,064,94

Downey Financial Corp. 134,035 -29,443

Essex Bancorp 20,600 -6,700

FBL Financial Group 203,689 12,129

Finova Group Inc. 275,100 -77,799

First Alliance/Banc 45,379 -13,358

First Chicago NBD Corp. 3,054,050 551,291

First Commonwealth Financial 21,380 2,293

First Empire State Corp. 26,689 -180,488

First Federal of Alabama 29,691 2

First Union Corp. 25,209,189 3,023,871

First Virginia Banks Inc. 1,956,537 118,615

Firstar Corp. 1,277,153 -83,192

Firstfed Financial Corp. 156,286 16,386

Fleet Financial Group Inc. 4,493,912 654,269

Fund American Enterprise 48,680 -2,734

Golden West Financial Corp. 270,085 -166,161

Hibernia Corp. 840,635 -56,134

Household International 4,938,950 3,914,503

Imperial Bancorp 576,392 23,358

J.P. Morgan & Co. 1,727,257 -827,067

JW Charles Financial Svcs. 15,169 -550

Keycorp 6,733,966 1,817,534

MBNA Corp. 13,307,787 -417,373

Mellon Bank Corp. 4,231,217 -652,203

Mercantile Bancorp 2,855,760 873,362

Mercury Finance Co. 10,188,620 -103,184

MidSouth Bancorp 8,800 -4,372

National City Corp. 3,965,709 -5,624,24

NationsBank Corp. 14,394,881 -2,195,14

North Fork Bancorp 2,057,552 -2,120,85

Norwest Corp. 13,147,660 -3,791,60

PAB BancShares 7,778 -14,768

Park National Corp. 34,778 2,112

Piedmont Bancorp 20,591 91

PNC Bank Corp. 3,111,423 -336,606

Professional Bancorp (PA) 21,455 4,000

Redwood Empire Bancorp 185,673 -12,651

Republic New York Corp. 587,847 123,940

Star Banc Corp. 506,117 92,494

Student Loan Corp. 25,623 -7,554

Summit Bancorp 1,776,911 -376,741

SunTrust Banks Inc. 2,108,283 360,089

Synovous Financial Corp. 5,285,012 -340,293

TCF Financial Corp. 461,740 -651,152

Union Planters Corp. 3,033,683 477,489

United Cos Finl Corp. 8,033,979 -374,956

US Bancorp 3,588,093 -656,059

Bank-Related Totals 176.00 Mil. -7,749,04

NYSE Exchange Totals 3.87 Bil. 64,196,78

AMEX Exchange Totals 176.69 Mil. 97,944

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Pct. ChgAvg. Dail Days

from Trading to

Institution 3/13/98 Volume Cover*

Ahmanson (H.F.) & Co. -9.20% 1,657,890 4.5

American Bank of Connecticut 227.6 4,118 4.6

American Express Co. -2.4 1,376,395 3

AmeriCredit Corp. -16 262,231 6.2

Amsouth Bancorp. 19.9 216,636 4.8

Bancorpsouth Inc. 70.3 12,927 1.8

Bank of New York -42.8 663,640 5

BankAmerica Corp. -3.5 1,963,886 3.5

Bankers Trust New York Corp. -3.3 336,631 4.6

Beneficial Corp. -23.4 739,063 1.4

Bridge View Bancorp 478 2,327 8.7

Capital One Financial Corp. -11.9 305,272 5

Capstead Mortgage Corp. -2 239,372 15.3

Centura Banks Inc. -35.1 31,786 5.9

CFX Corp. Clear 45,072 -

Chase Manhattan Corp. - 2,222,236 1.4

Citicorp 23.4 2,748,272 2.3

City National Corp. -35 113,077 4.1

Colonial BancGroup Inc. -22.6 50,959 3.3

Comerica Inc. (S,R) 1.4 239,663 4.9

Commerce Bancorp Inc. 251.6 41,536 4.5

Commercial Federal Corp. 142.1 95,613 7.1

Community Bankshares Inc. - 904 65.5

CoreStates Financial Corp. -4 480,100 3.4

Countrywide Credit Industrie 1.8 394,986 2.9

Crestar Financial Corp. -1.5 171,090 3

Dime Bancorp Inc. -58.7 472,940 1.6

Downey Financial Corp. -18 54,263 2.5

Essex Bancorp -24.5 3,204 6.4

FBL Financial Group 6.3 24,113 8.4

Finova Group Inc. -22 113,500 2.4

First Alliance/Banc -22.7 59,800 0.8

First Chicago NBD Corp. 22 924,381 3.3

First Commonwealth Financial 12 10,936 2

First Empire State Corp. -87.1 13,363 2

First Federal of Alabama - 23,568 1.3

First Union Corp. 13.6 1,898,990 13.3

First Virginia Banks Inc. 6.5 83,350 23.5

Firstar Corp. -6.1 301,181 4.2

Firstfed Financial Corp. 11.7 62,754 2.5

Fleet Financial Group Inc. 17.00% 646,163 7

Fund American Enterprise -5.3 2,781 17.5

Golden West Financial Corp. -38.1 128,645 2.1

Hibernia Corp. -6.3 451,904 1.9

Household International 382.1 650,168 7.6

Imperial Bancorp 4.2 83,331 6.9

J.P. Morgan & Co. -32.4 963,754 1.8

JW Charles Financial Svcs. -3.5 9,950 1.5

Keycorp 37 911,459 7.4

MBNA Corp. -3 887,931 15

Mellon Bank Corp. -13.4 772,777 5.5

Mercantile Bancorp 44.1 284,095 10.1

Mercury Finance Co. -1 1,013,204 10.1

MidSouth Bancorp -33.2 2,381 3.7

National City Corp. -58.6 834,881 4.8

NationsBank Corp. -13.2 2,269,031 6.3

North Fork Bancorp -50.8 361,072 5.7

Norwest Corp. -22.4 1,464,268 9

PAB BancShares -65.5 5,118 1.5

Park National Corp. 6.5 3,545 9.8

Piedmont Bancorp - 4,186 4.9

PNC Bank Corp. -9.8 508,963 6.1

Professional Bancorp (PA) 22.9 11,704 1.8

Redwood Empire Bancorp -6.4 6,409 29

Republic New York Corp. 26.7 126,445 4.6

Star Banc Corp. 22.4 122,545 4.1

Student Loan Corp. -22.8 6,300 4.1

Summit Bancorp -17.5 395,077 4.5

SunTrust Banks Inc. 20.6 243,900 8.6

Synovous Financial Corp. -6 162,513 32.5

TCF Financial Corp. -58.5 228,095 2

Union Planters Corp. 18.7 198,145 15.3

United Cos Finl Corp. -4.5 178,754 44.9

US Bancorp -15.5 380,381 9.4

Bank-Related Totals -4.20% 28.69 Mil 6.1

NYSE Exchange Totals 1.70% 750.63 Mi 5.2

AMEX Exchange Totals 0.10% 39.39 Mil 4.5 ===

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