Nasdaq Announces Mid-Month Open Short Interest Positions in Nasdaq Stocks as of Settlement Date January 15, 2025
Nasdaq has reported significant changes in short interest positions as of January 15, 2025.
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Nasdaq has reported significant changes in short interest positions as of January 15, 2025. In the Nasdaq Global Market, short interest reached 12,402,417,655 shares across 3,099 securities, up from 12,137,206,474 shares in 3,085 issues on December 31, 2024. The mid-January figures represent 2.56 days of average daily volume, compared to 2.50 days in the previous period.
In the Nasdaq Capital Market, short interest totaled 2,424,890,788 shares across 1,635 securities, increasing from 2,331,105,942 shares in 1,643 securities in the previous period, maintaining a 1.00 day average daily volume.
Overall, total short interest across all 4,734 Nasdaq securities reached 14,827,308,443 shares, up from 14,468,312,416 shares in 4,728 issues previously. The average daily volume increased to 1.82 days from 1.78 days in the prior period.
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NEW YORK, Jan. 27, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- At the end of the settlement date of January 15, 2025, short interest in 3,099 Nasdaq Global MarketSM securities totaled 12,402,417,655 shares compared with 12,137,206,474 shares in 3,085 Global Market issues reported for the prior settlement date of December 31, 2024. The mid-January short interest represents 2.56 days compared with 2.50 days for the prior reporting period.
Short interest in 1,635 securities on The Nasdaq Capital MarketSM totaled 2,424,890,788 shares at the end of the settlement date of January 15, 2025, compared with 2,331,105,942 shares in 1,643 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 4,734 Nasdaq® securities totaled 14,827,308,443 shares at the January 15, 2025 settlement date, compared with 4,728 issues and 14,468,312,416 shares at the end of the previous reporting period. This is 1.82 days average daily volume, compared with an average of 1.78 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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