Stocks with the largest increase in cost-to-short sell last week
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Astec Analytics, a division of SunGard Data Systems, provides investors with short selling market color using data from the securities lending market.
Below are the stocks with the largest 1 week change in cost-to-borrow, or cost to sell short. The cost-to-borrow is determined by the supply of shares that investors make available to lend, and the demand to borrow, which is primarily a function of short selling demand.
| Name | Ticker | Change in cost-to-borrow (bps) |
| CONNS INC | CONN | 1,747 |
| ST JOE CO | JOE | 1,701 |
| ADVANCED BATTERY TECHNOLOG I | ABAT | 1,683 |
| SOMAXON PHARMACEUTICALS INC | SOMX | 1,657 |
| MAGNA INTL INC | MGA | 673 |
| YRC WORLDWIDE INC | YRCW | 450 |
| BLOCK H & R INC | HRB | 368 |
| TOBU RAILWAY CO LTD | 9001 | 339 |
| AVANIR PHARMACEUTICALS INC | AVNR | 311 |
| SANGAMO BIOSCIENCES INC | SGMO | 254 |
| BCE INC | BCE | 168 |
| TOYOBO CO LTD | 3101 | 153 |
| AMERICAN INTL GROUP INC | AIG | 148 |
| SHINSEI BANK LTD TOKYO | 8303 | 114 |
| KINKI NIPPON RAILWAY CO LTD | 9041 | 106 |