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

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Nasdaq (NASDAQ:NDAQ) has released its end-of-month short interest data for June 30, 2025. The report shows that total short interest across all 4,893 Nasdaq securities increased to 16.93 billion shares, up from 16.38 billion shares in the previous period.

In the Nasdaq Global Market, short interest reached 14.14 billion shares across 3,257 securities, representing 2.59 days of average daily volume. The Nasdaq Capital Market recorded 2.79 billion shares of short interest across 1,636 securities, maintaining a 1.00 day average daily volume.

NEW YORK, July 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- At the end of the settlement date of June 30, 2025, short interest in 3,257 Nasdaq Global Market^SM securities totaled 14,138,758,851 shares compared with 13,689,191,607 shares in 3,207 Global Market issues reported for the prior settlement date of June 13, 2025. The mid-June short interest represents 2.59 days compared with 2.32 days for the prior reporting period.

Short interest in 1,636 securities on The Nasdaq Capital Market^SM totaled 2,790,159,938 shares at the end of the settlement date of June 30, 2025, compared with 2,687,331,325 shares in 1,642 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 4,893 Nasdaq^® securities totaled 16,928,918,789 shares at the June 30, 2025 settlement date, compared with 4,849 issues and 16,376,522,932 shares at the end of the previous reporting period. This is 1.72 days average daily volume, compared with an average of 1.72 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

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FAQ

What was the total Nasdaq short interest as of June 30, 2025?

The total short interest across all Nasdaq securities was 16.93 billion shares as of June 30, 2025, an increase from 16.38 billion shares in the previous period.

How many days to cover did Nasdaq Global Market short interest represent?

The Nasdaq Global Market short interest represented 2.59 days of average daily trading volume, up from 2.32 days in the prior reporting period.

How many Nasdaq securities reported short interest positions?

A total of 4,893 Nasdaq securities reported short interest positions, compared to 4,849 issues in the previous reporting period.

What was the short interest in Nasdaq Capital Market securities?

The Nasdaq Capital Market recorded short interest of 2.79 billion shares across 1,636 securities, with an average daily volume of 1.00 day.

Where can investors find detailed Nasdaq short interest data?

Investors can access detailed Nasdaq short interest data through nasdaq.com/quotes/short-interest.aspx or nasdaqtrader.com/asp/short_interest.asp.