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Short Interest: NASDAQ Semiconductor Stocks (June, 2007)

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By Douglas A. McIntyre Updated Published

Stock Tickers: QQQQ, NVDA, MXIM, AMAT, INTC, KLAC, MCHP, SNDK, ISIL, ALTR, ATML, LLTC, NVLS, ONNN, XLNX, IDTI

This pretty much confirms the rise in the June-2007 short interest of NYSE-listed chip stocks that we observed last week.  Here is the short interest for June 2007 versus May 2007, and we noted the change on each.

Stock (Ticker)                                          June        May    Change
NVIDIA (NVDA)                                        20.7M    11.7M    +76.5%
Maxim Integrated Prod. (MXIM)            11.9M    9.16M    +29.8%
Applied Materials (AMAT)                        53M    41.59M   +27.48%
Intel (INTC)                                            100.1M    81.2M    +23.3%
KLA-Tencor (KLAC)                              21.14M    17.1M    +23.2%
Microchip Tech.    (MCHP)                     8.77M    7.64M    +14.8%
SanDisk (SNDK)                                   24.57M   21.58M   +13.9%   
Intersil Corp. (ISIL)                                 7.86M     7.76M     +1.2%
Altera (ALTR)                                           22.1M     21.9M     +1%
Atmel (ATML)                                           10.6M     9.70M     +9.9%
Linear Tech (LLTC)                                18.4M     18.4M      flat
Novellus (NVLS)                                     15.1M      15.3M     -1.1%
ON Semiconductor (ONNN)                 24.1M      25.5M    -5.7%
RAMBUS (RMBS)                                               7.62M        8.27M      -7.9%
Xilinx (XLNX)                                           21.28M    23.9M      -10.9%
Integrated Device Tech. (IDTI)              4.27M     5.56M     -23%

The NASDAQ 100 Trust (QQQQ) saw its short interest rise more than 26%, with its short interest carried at 197.6 million shares in June compared to 156.6 million in May.

Jon C. Ogg
June 27, 2007

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