Nasdaq Announces End-of-Month Open Short Interest Positions in Nasdaq Stocks as of Settlement Date April 30, 2025

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Nasdaq (NDAQ) has released its end-of-month short interest data as of April 30, 2025. The report shows that total short interest across all Nasdaq securities increased to 15.95 billion shares, up from 15.82 billion in the previous period. The data covers 4,792 Nasdaq securities, with 3,156 in the Global Market and 1,636 in the Capital Market.

Key metrics include:

• Global Market: 13.30 billion shares (2.40 days average daily volume)
• Capital Market: 2.65 billion shares (1.00 days average daily volume)
• Overall average daily volume increased to 1.92 days from 1.52 days

NEW YORK, May 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- At the end of the settlement date of April 30, 2025, short interest in 3,156 Nasdaq Global Market^SM securities totaled 13,300,707,903 shares compared with 13,211,633,004 shares in 3,143 Global Market issues reported for the prior settlement date of April 15, 2025. The mid-April short interest represents 2.40 days compared with 1.76 days for the prior reporting period.

Short interest in 1,636 securities on The Nasdaq Capital Market^SM totaled 2,645,060,429 shares at the end of the settlement date of April 30, 2025, compared with 2,609,354,721 shares in 1,634 securities for the previous reporting period. This represents a 1.00 day average daily volume; the previous reporting period’s figure was 1.00.

In summary, short interest in all 4,792 Nasdaq® securities totaled 15,945,768,331 shares at the April 30, 2025 settlement date, compared with 4,777 issues and 15,820,987,725 shares at the end of the previous reporting period. This is 1.92 days average daily volume, compared with an average of 1.52 days for the prior reporting period.

The open short interest positions reported for each Nasdaq security reflect the total number of shares sold short by all broker/dealers regardless of their exchange affiliations. A short sale is generally understood to mean the sale of a security that the seller does not own or any sale that is consummated by the delivery of a security borrowed by or for the account of the seller.

For more information on Nasdaq Short interest positions, including publication dates, visit
http://www.nasdaq.com/quotes/short-interest.aspx
or http://www.nasdaqtrader.com/asp/short_interest.asp.

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Media Contact:
Maximilian Leitenberger
Maximilian.leitenberger@nasdaq.com

NDAQO

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FAQ

What is the total short interest in Nasdaq securities as of April 30, 2025?

The total short interest in all Nasdaq securities was 15,945,768,331 shares as of April 30, 2025.

How did NDAQ's short interest change between April 15 and April 30, 2025?

Total short interest increased from 15.82 billion shares to 15.95 billion shares between April 15 and April 30, 2025.

What is the average daily volume for Nasdaq securities in April 2025?

The average daily volume increased to 1.92 days as of April 30, 2025, compared to 1.52 days in the previous reporting period.

How many Nasdaq securities were included in the April 30, 2025 short interest report?

The report included 4,792 Nasdaq securities, with 3,156 in the Global Market and 1,636 in the Capital Market.