Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) saw only a slight drop in its short interest to 220.3 million shares from just over 224.5 million shares at the end of July.
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (NYSE: BK) saw a decent uptick in its short selling activity as the short interest in mid-August was 17.2 million shares versus almost 15.5 million shares in the short interest at the end of July.
Capital One Financial Corp. (NYSE: COF) saw a drop in its short interest down to 9.71 million shares in mid-August versus 10.6 million shares short at the end of July.
Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) was surprisingly unchanged for the most part as the short interest in mid-August of 58.529 million shares, compared to 58.897 million shares at the end of July.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) saw only about a 4% rise in its short interest to almost 7.4 million shares in mid-August, versus just over 7.1 million shares at the end of July.
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) saw a tiny drop of 2.2% in the short interest now that the London Whale losses have mostly been factored in. The mid-August short interest was 42.13 million shares versus the end of July’s 43.078 million shares.
Regions Financial Corp. (NYSE: RF) saw a drop of more than 8% in its short interest, down to 19.283 million shares in mid-August versus 21.069 million shares short at the end of July.
U.S. Bancorp (NYSE: USB) saw a very large drop in its short interest, down 17.6% to 21.269 million shares in mid-August versus 25.799 million shares in the end of July short interest.
Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC) also saw a large drop of more than 11% in its short interest. The mid-August short interest was 37.838 million shares versus 42.561 million shares short at the end of July.
JON C. OGG
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