Nasdaq Announces Mid-Month Open Short Interest Positions in Nasdaq Stocks as of Settlement Date October 15, 2025
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Nasdaq (NDAQ) reported mid-month open short interest as of the October 15, 2025 settlement date. Across 3,382 Nasdaq Global Market securities, short interest totaled 13,834,913,159 shares versus 14,078,324,727 shares on September 30, 2025 (3,366 issues).
On Nasdaq Capital Market, 1,682 securities had 3,074,376,707 shares sold short versus 3,220,349,947 in 1,675 securities previously. Combined, short interest in all 5,064 Nasdaq securities was 16,909,289,866 shares, down from 17,298,674,674.
Average days to cover: 1.61 days (prior 1.71); Global Market: 2.09 days (prior 2.16); Capital Market: 1.00 day (unchanged).
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NEW YORK, Oct. 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- At the end of the settlement date of October 15, 2025, short interest in 3,382 Nasdaq Global MarketSM securities totaled 13,834,913,159 shares compared with 14,078,324,727 shares in 3,366 Global Market issues reported for the prior settlement date of September 30, 2025. The mid-October short interest represents 2.09 days compared with 2.16 days for the prior reporting period.
Short interest in 1,682 securities on The Nasdaq Capital MarketSM totaled 3,074,376,707 shares at the end of the settlement date of October 15, 2025, compared with 3,220,349,947 shares in 1,675 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 5,064 Nasdaq® securities totaled 16,909,289,866 shares at the October 15, 2025 settlement date, compared with 5,041 issues and 17,298,674,674 shares at the end of the previous reporting period. This is 1.61 days average daily volume, compared with an average of 1.71 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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sam.raffalli@nasdaq.com
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