NEW YORK, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Short interest on the New York Stock Exchange fell 0.2 percent in late December, the exchange said on Monday.
As of Dec. 31, short interest fell to about 19.371 billion shares, compared with 19.410 billion shares as of Dec. 15.
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