The NYSE Group, Inc. reported short interest as of the close of business on the settlement date of March 15, 2007, reflecting transactions through March 12, 2007.

Based on information received from members and member organizations, short interest increased to 10,510,404,017 from 9,595,242,421 shares on Feb. 15, 2007.

The short interest on March 15 was equal to 2.8 percent of the total shares outstanding.

The short interest in warrants as of March 15 amounted to 345,527 warrants, compared with 329,453 warrants the previous month.

As of the settlement date, there were 3,660 stocks and 7 warrants available for trading. Of these, 3,107 issues had either a short position of at least 5,000 shares or a change of 2,000 shares since the last monthly report. A list of these issues, showing their current short positions and average daily volume between the trade dates, covered by this report, is attached.

A short sale is any sale of a security that the seller does not own, or any sale that is completed by the delivery of a borrowed security.

The short positions for the preceding 12 months is shown below: