Nasdaq, Inc. reports developments across its market infrastructure, index, data, listings and financial technology businesses. Company news commonly covers monthly trading volumes, quarterly volume and listings statistics, earnings releases, dividend announcements, and operating trends in divisions such as Financial Technology.
Nasdaq updates also include changes to the Nasdaq-100 Index and other Nasdaq Global Indexes, trading halt and resumption notices from The Nasdaq Stock Market, and corporate governance or capital-structure matters. Its financial technology activities include solutions tied to capital management, financial crime and regulatory compliance software.
Nasdaq (NDAQ) appointed Börje Ekholm to its Board of Directors, effective November 1, 2026, with a seat on the Audit & Risk Committee. Ekholm previously chaired Nasdaq's board and served as President and CEO of Ericsson and Investor AB. He currently chairs Trimble's board.
Separately, Holden Spaht will resign effective December 31, 2026. He joined the board in November 2023 following Nasdaq's acquisition of Adenza. During his tenure, Nasdaq completed Adenza's integration, achieved its synergy and deleveraging targets ahead of schedule, and raised its medium-term revenue outlook.
Nasdaq (NDAQ) reported total short interest of 23,156,400,993 shares across its markets for the October 15, 2026 settlement date. This compared with 23,093,743,842 shares on September 30, 2026. The number of securities covered fell from 5,552 to 5,544.
Global Market short interest totaled 18,609,329,855 shares, down from 18,657,486,300, with 3,885 securities in both periods. Capital Market short interest rose to 4,547,071,138 shares from 4,436,257,542, while securities covered fell to 1,659 from 1,667. Short interest expressed in days of average daily trading volume increased to 2.93 days overall from 2.49 days; Global Market increased to 3.49 from 3.19 days, and Capital Market to 1.76 from 1.30 days.
Nasdaq (NDAQ) appointed Andrew Murray as Senior Vice President, Financial Technology, Asia-Pacific, based in Singapore to oversee regional client partnerships. His appointment follows the relocation to Singapore of Bob McCooey, Vice Chairman and Head of International Listings. Nasdaq said the moves are intended to deepen technology client relationships and broaden regional companies’ access to global capital.
Murray brings more than three decades of experience and most recently held a leadership role in International Banking and Payments at FIS. McCooey has spent more than two decades at Nasdaq.
Nasdaq (NDAQ) declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.31 per share on its outstanding common stock, payable December 18, 2026.
Shareholders of record at the close of business on December 4, 2026 will receive the payment. Future quarterly dividend declarations and record and payment dates remain subject to board approval.
Nasdaq (NDAQ) reported third-quarter 2026 net revenue of $1.5 billion, with growth across Solutions and Market Services supporting higher earnings. Revenue rose 13% year over year, or 14% organically, excluding currency and acquisition/divestiture effects. GAAP diluted earnings per share increased 31% to $0.96, while operating income rose 25% to $732 million.
Solutions revenue grew 17% to $1,172 million. Annualized recurring revenue, the annualized value of active subscription contracts, increased 12% to $3.4 billion. Financial Technology revenue rose 16% to $529 million, and Index revenue increased 39% to $286 million. Nasdaq returned $173 million through dividends and $323 million through buybacks. It updated 2026 non-GAAP expense guidance to $2.550 billion–$2.580 billion. The company also completed its LeveL Markets acquisition early in the fourth quarter and remains on track for 23/5 trading on December 6, 2026.
Nasdaq (NDAQ) notified Robot Consulting (LAWR) that its securities will be delisted on October 30, 2026, unless it appeals. An appeal would go to a Listing Qualifications Hearings Panel. Robot Consulting’s securities remain halted and unavailable to trade until any appeal is resolved. After removal from Nasdaq, they may be eligible for over-the-counter trading.
Nasdaq (NDAQ) announced that the trading halt in CN Healthy Food Tech Group’s common stock and warrants will continue. Trading in UCFI and UCFIW will remain halted until the company satisfies Nasdaq’s request for additional information. The halt began on October 1, 2025, at 11:28:10 Eastern Time.
Nasdaq (NDAQ) announced that trading in CN Healthy Food Tech Group will resume on October 19, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time.
The resumption covers the company’s common stock and warrants, traded on Nasdaq under UCFI and UCFIW. Trading was halted on October 1, 2025, at 11:28:10 Eastern Time.
Nasdaq (NDAQ) has completed its acquisition of LeveL Markets, adding an off-exchange equity execution venue to its marketplace.
LeveL processes hundreds of millions of shares daily across more than 7,000 symbols. Its average daily volume grew 56 percent year-over-year in 2025, making it the third-largest U.S. alternative trading system (ATS) by trading volume. It reaches more than 2,500 clients through more than 15 order and execution management system integrations.
LeveL will continue operating as a registered ATS under FINRA oversight, with dedicated management within Nasdaq’s Digital Liquidity Networks organization. Nasdaq plans to invest in LeveL’s technology and capabilities to support long-term growth and describes the acquisition as advancing its always-on markets strategy. Nasdaq first acquired a minority stake in LeveL in August 2021.
Nasdaq (NDAQ) reported total open short interest of 23,093,743,842 shares in Nasdaq securities as of the September 30, 2026 settlement date.
The total covered 5,552 securities, compared with 22,521,310,694 shares across 5,516 issues on September 15, 2026. Short interest equaled 2.49 days of average daily volume, down from 2.96 days in the prior period. Short interest measures shares sold short, generally through sales of securities the seller does not own.
Global Market short interest totaled 18,657,486,300 shares across 3,885 securities, versus 18,116,572,644 shares across 3,862 previously; its volume equivalent fell to 3.19 days from 3.55. Capital Market short interest totaled 4,436,257,542 shares across 1,667 securities, versus 4,404,738,050 across 1,654 previously; its volume equivalent fell to 1.30 days from 1.76.