Bank Equities Short Interest Highlights: New York Stock Exchange

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Shares Sold Unit Chg. Pct. Chg.

Short as of from from

Institution 4/15/99 3/15/99 3/15/99

Aames Financial Corp. 4,955,702 -287,062 -5.5

American Express Co. 4,500,084 374,650 9.1

AmeriCredit Corp. 1,223,009 -183,356 -13

AmSouth Bancorp. 2,540,728 -1,003,433 -28.3

Associate First Capital C4,034,462 -227,373 -5.3

BancorpSouth Inc. 2,920 -16,723 -85.1

BancWest Corp. 914,662 459,247 100.8

Bank One Corp. 11,719,839 718,330 6.5

BankAmerica Corp. 16,322,286 -304,423 -1.8

BankAtlantic Bancorp 3,511,634 -178,002 -4.8

Bankers Trust Corp. Clear -2,035,499 N/M

BankBoston Corp. 3,012,675 -157,143 -5

Bay View Capital Corp. 797,476 115,220 16.9

BB&T Corp. 4,934,694 -20,937 -0.4

Capital One Financial Cor 998,796 -104,569 -9.5

Capstead Mortgage Corp. 557,091 167,040 42.8

CCB Financial Corp 129,792 13,124 11.2

Centura Banks Inc. 103,230 -193,394 -65.2

Chase Manhattan Corp. 5,742,988 -1,796,004 -23.8

Citigroup Inc. 22,226,6741,735,031 8.5

City National Corp. 153,458 -14,676 -8.7

CNB Bancshares Inc. 73,180 5,226 7.7

Colonial BancGroup Inc. 417,244 -103,650 -19.9

Comerica Inc. 733,114 -315,318 -30.1

Commerce Bancorp Inc. 148,953 -219,890 -59.6

Commercial Federal Corp. 783,489 289,616 58.6

Countrywide Credit Indust 858,342 352,626 69.7

Cullen/Frost Bankers Inc. 66,896 36,606 120.9

Dime Bancorp Inc. 1,005,289 -259,528 -20.5

Downey Financial Corp. 59,864 2,418 4.2

Finova Group Inc. 1,264,362 55,124 4.6

First Bancorp 42,081 17,368 70.3

First Commonwealth Financ 67,945 -8,088 -10.6

First Republic Bank 26,770 7,520 39.1

First Union Corp. 14,325,067 891,455 6.6

First Virginia Banks Inc. 762,885 -176,085 -18.8

Firstar Corp. 3,399,137 510,103 17.7

FirstPlus Financial Group5,979,447 -410,175 -6.4

Fleet Financial Group Inc6,589,388 729,769 12.5

Golden State Bancorp Inc.6,383,599 318,968 5.3

Golden West Financial Cor 419,300 -166,645 -28.4

Greenpoint Financial Cor1,614,800 -2,785,546 -63.3

Hibernia Corp. 266,670 -511,910 -65.7

Household International I6,634,372 1,259,965 23.4

Imperial Bancorp 301,463 -171,478 -36.3

KeyCorp 3,312,957 -856,369 -20.5

MBNA Corp. 4,601,474 -2,316,347 -33.5

Mellon Bank Corp. 2,043,065 206,224 11.2

Mercantile Bancorp 1,391,393 -191,623 -12.1

Morgan (JP) & Co. Inc. 2,492,601 -61,686 -2.4

National City Corp. 1,804,798 405,895 29

North Fork Bancorp 2,105,525 -297,572 -12.4

Ocwen Financial Corp. 806,000 -45,762 -5.4

Old Kent Financial Corp. 2,010,399 312,023 18.4

One Valley Bancorp 132,740 60,131 82.8

Oriental Financial Group 75,714 1,266 1.7

Pacific Century Financial 762,510 -71,364 -8.6

PNC Bank Corp. 2,446,845 -294,673 -10.7

Republic New York Corp. 1,981,671 835,435 72.9

State Street Corp. 1,596,173 -302,456 -15.9

Summit Bancorp 3,086,742 519,332 20.2

SunTrust Banks Inc. 3,133,220 938,494 42.8

Synovus Financial Corp. 4,368,984 -293,189 -6.3

TCF Financial Corp. 1,583,276 96,804 6.5

The Bank of New York Co. 3,754,524 129,009 3.6

Triangle Bancorp Inc. 40,993 -6,343 -13.4

Union Planters Corp. 2,092,543 -107,804 -4.9

US Bancorp 10,925,6531,175,161 12.1

Washington Mutual Inc. 6,794,509 -1,973,906 -22.5

Wells Fargo & Co. 16,737,2392,029,947 13.8

Bank-Related Totals 220,687,40-3,700,874 -1.65%

NYSE Exchange Totals 3,645,076,198-38,790,03 -1.05%

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Avg. Daily Days

Trading to

Institution Volume Cover*

Aames Financial Corp. 293,068 16.9

American Express Co. 1,637,677 2.7

AmeriCredit Corp. 226,804 5.4

AmSouth Bancorp. 340,140 7.5

Associate First Capital C1,476,927 2.7

BancorpSouth Inc. 33,286 0.1

BancWest Corp. 46,672 19.6

Bank One Corp. 2,592,404 4.5

BankAmerica Corp. 3,386,790 4.8

BankAtlantic Bancorp 65,586 53.5

Bankers Trust Corp. 691,955 N/M

BankBoston Corp. 2,313,577 1.3

Bay View Capital Corp. 292,742 2.7

BB&T Corp. 398,972 12.4

Capital One Financial Cor 436,531 2.3

Capstead Mortgage Corp. 186,695 3

CCB Financial Corp 48,395 2.7

Centura Banks Inc. 71,440 1.4

Chase Manhattan Corp. 3,199,981 1.8

Citigroup Inc. 8,191,159 2.7

City National Corp. 116,945 1.3

CNB Bancshares Inc. 33,327 2.2

Colonial BancGroup Inc. 119,545 3.5

Comerica Inc. 387,140 1.9

Commerce Bancorp Inc. 51,204 2.9

Commercial Federal Corp. 166,772 4.7

Countrywide Credit Indust 738,940 1.2

Cullen/Frost Bankers Inc. 69,077 1

Dime Bancorp Inc. 472,381 2.1

Downey Financial Corp. 69,745 0.9

Finova Group Inc. 367,354 3.4

First Bancorp 33,700 1.2

First Commonwealth Financ 19,395 3.5

First Republic Bank 17,350 1.5

First Union Corp. 2,693,313 5.3

First Virginia Banks Inc. 62,286 12.2

Firstar Corp. 484,945 7

FirstPlus Financial Group 652,931 9.2

Fleet Financial Group Inc2,142,527 3.1

Golden State Bancorp Inc. 641,218 10

Golden West Financial Cor 161,031 2.6

Greenpoint Financial Cor 395,750 4.1

Hibernia Corp. 799,840 0.3

Household International I2,014,000 3.3

Imperial Bancorp 98,972 3

KeyCorp 852,822 3.9

MBNA Corp. 2,456,045 1.9

Mellon Bank Corp. 962,609 2.1

Mercantile Bancorp 323,945 4.3

Morgan (JP) & Co. Inc. 958,268 2.6

National City Corp. 674,290 2.7

North Fork Bancorp 435,018 4.8

Ocwen Financial Corp. 71,195 11.3

Old Kent Financial Corp. 191,463 10.5

One Valley Bancorp 47,268 2.8

Oriental Financial Group 11,836 6.4

Pacific Century Financial 144,068 5.3

PNC Bank Corp. 812,490 3

Republic New York Corp. 401,322 4.9

State Street Corp. 436,200 3.7

Summit Bancorp 520,822 5.9

SunTrust Banks Inc. 533,400 5.9

Synovus Financial Corp. 220,231 19.8

TCF Financial Corp. 244,559 6.5

The Bank of New York Co. 1,796,440 2.1

Triangle Bancorp Inc. 19,031 2.2

Union Planters Corp. 225,486 9.3

US Bancorp 1,339,477 8.2

Washington Mutual Inc. 1,452,231 4.7

Wells Fargo & Co. 3,620,922 4.6

Bank-Related Totals 50,541,712 4.4

NYSE Exchange Totals 792,331,68 4.6

Sources: American Stock Exchange, New York Stock Exchange, Nasdaq Stock Exchange, and ILX Systems, a Thompson Financial company. (s) Stock split or dividend in current month only. (r) previous month revised. (n) New York Stock Exchange. (q) Nasdaq Stock Exchange 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 holds constant 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. N - Listed since last settlement date. S - Figures adjusted for stock split or dividend. R - Prior figures revised. Compiled by American Banker. American Banker 1999 ===

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