Nasdaq (NDAQ) Stock News

Nasdaq (NDAQ) held its 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders on June 11, where shareholders elected all 12 nominated directors to serve one-year terms. The board includes executives from diverse backgrounds, including AT&T, General Electric, Dubai International Financial Center, and other prominent organizations. Notably, Adena T. Friedman was re-elected as Chair of the Board. Shareholders also approved key proposals including executive compensation, the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as independent auditors for FY2025, and an amendment to allow limited exculpation of Nasdaq officers.

Nasdaq has announced the delisting of securities from 12 companies that were previously suspended from trading. The affected companies include Blue Star Foods, Altamira Therapeutics, Fresh2 Group, Coliseum Acquisition, Real Good Food Company, MultiMetaVerse Holdings, Nature's Miracle Holding, SPI Energy, Evergreen Corporation, Mynaric AG, byNordic Acquisition, and Avinger. The suspensions occurred between December 20, 2024, and February 18, 2025, and none of these securities have traded on Nasdaq since their respective suspension dates. The delistings affect various types of securities including common stocks, American Depositary Shares, Class A Ordinary Shares, warrants, and units.

Nasdaq reported changes in short interest positions for securities listed on its exchanges as of May 30, 2025. The total short interest across all 4,816 Nasdaq securities decreased to 16.11 billion shares from 16.47 billion shares in the previous period. For Nasdaq Global Market securities, short interest declined to 13.50 billion shares from 13.74 billion shares, with days to cover decreasing to 2.19 from 2.41. The Nasdaq Capital Market saw short interest decrease to 2.61 billion shares from 2.73 billion shares, maintaining a 1.00 day average daily volume. Overall, the average daily volume for all Nasdaq securities decreased to 1.54 days from 1.79 days in the prior period.

Nasdaq and MarcumAsia are co-hosting the Asia Go IPO Summit on September 12, 2025, at Hong Kong's Grand Hyatt Hotel. This one-day event follows the successful Japan Go IPO Summit that attracted 400 participants. The summit aims to provide Asian companies with insights into U.S. IPO markets and strategies for public company success. The comprehensive agenda includes sessions on IPO market conditions, listing criteria, investor expectations, SPAC mergers, and special challenges for Chinese companies amid US-China tensions. Key topics cover legal requirements, accounting standards, Wall Street engagement, follow-on offerings, and M&A strategies. The event features experts from leading investment banks and case studies of recent high-profile Asian IPOs, targeting senior management teams, board members, and venture capital firms interested in U.S. capital markets access.

Nasdaq (NDAQ) has announced an exclusive partnership with Nasdaq Private Market (NPM) to distribute the Tape D® API, providing enhanced visibility into private market valuations. The API offers real-time pricing data for private and pre-IPO companies by combining primary round data, secondary market transactions, and accounting data including mutual fund marks and 409A valuations. Available through Nasdaq Data Link, this solution aims to address transparency challenges in private markets, particularly valuable given the presence of over 1,200 unicorns. The partnership enhances Nasdaq's suite of solutions for private market participants, complementing existing offerings like Nasdaq Fund Secondaries. The Tape D dataset helps investors evaluate private holdings, enables banks to structure transactions, assists wealth advisors with liquidity management, and provides insights for private companies planning capital raises.

Nasdaq (NDAQ) has released its monthly trading volumes report for May 2025. The company has made the detailed volume statistics available through its Investor Relations website, accessible via http://ir.nasdaq.com/financials/volume-statistics. This regular monthly disclosure provides important trading metrics and volume data that help investors and analysts track the exchange's operational performance. However, specific volume figures and comparisons to previous periods were not disclosed in the press release.

Nasdaq (NDAQ) has announced upcoming executive presentations at two major financial conferences in June 2025. Chair and CEO Adena Friedman will present at the Piper Sandler Global Exchange & Trading Conference on June 5, 2025, at 2:30 PM ET. Additionally, Nasdaq President Tal Cohen will speak at the Morgan Stanley US Financials Conference on June 10, 2025, at 9:45 AM ET. Both presentations will be accessible via webcast through Nasdaq's Investor Relations website at ir.nasdaq.com/events.cfm.

Nasdaq has released its mid-month short interest report as of May 15, 2025. The report shows that total short interest across all Nasdaq securities increased to 16.47 billion shares from 15.95 billion shares in the previous period. Key findings include:

- Nasdaq Global Market: 13.74 billion shares across 3,168 securities (up from 13.30 billion shares), representing 2.41 days of average daily volume

- Nasdaq Capital Market: 2.73 billion shares across 1,639 securities (up from 2.65 billion shares), representing 1.00 day of average daily volume

The overall average daily volume decreased to 1.79 days from 1.92 days in the previous reporting period, covering a total of 4,807 Nasdaq securities.

The Nasdaq Stock Market (NDAQ) has announced the delisting of securities from 18 different companies. These delistings affect various types of securities including common stocks, warrants, units, and rights. Notable companies being delisted include Canoo Inc., Akoustis Technologies, Biora Therapeutics, and ENGlobal Corporation. All affected securities were previously suspended from trading between June 2024 and January 2025, and have not traded on Nasdaq since their respective suspension dates. The largest wave of delistings occurred around January 23, 2025, when multiple companies were affected simultaneously.