Nasdaq Announces End of Month Open Short Interest Positions in Nasdaq Stocks as of Settlement Date May 31, 2024
Nasdaq has reported end-of-month short interest positions for its listed securities as of May 31, 2024. Total short interest across 3,059 Nasdaq Global Market securities reached 11.83 billion shares, up from 11.65 billion shares in 3,063 securities as of May 15, 2024. This represents an average daily volume of 3.54 days, compared to 3.15 days previously. Short interest in 1,695 Nasdaq Capital Market securities totaled 2.05 billion shares, up from 1.97 billion shares across 1,719 securities, averaging 1.00 day of daily volume, down from 1.61 days. Overall, short interest in all 4,754 Nasdaq securities totaled 13.89 billion shares, up from 13.62 billion shares in 4,782 securities, with an average of 1.73 days of daily volume, down from 2.77 days. This data reflects shares sold short by brokers/dealers across all affiliations.
- Total short interest in Nasdaq Global Market securities increased to 11.83 billion shares, indicating higher trading activity.
- Overall short interest in all Nasdaq securities rose to 13.89 billion shares, suggesting increased market engagement.
- Average daily volume for Nasdaq Global Market securities increased to 3.54 days from 3.15 days, indicating potential market volatility.
- Short interest in Nasdaq Capital Market securities saw a marginal increase to 2.05 billion shares, but with a reduced average daily volume of 1.00 day from 1.61 days, possibly indicating reduced liquidity.
- Total number of issues with short interest decreased from 4,782 to 4,754, potentially indicating reduced market diversity.
NEW YORK, June 11, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- At the end of the settlement date of May 31, 2024, short interest in 3,059 Nasdaq Global MarketSM securities totaled 11,833,288,492 shares compared with 11,646,612,058 shares in 3,063 Global Market issues reported for the prior settlement date of May 15, 2024. The end of May short interest represent 3.54 days average daily Nasdaq Global Market share volume for the reporting period, compared with 3.15 days for the prior reporting period.
Short interest in 1,695 securities on The Nasdaq Capital MarketSM totaled 2,052,748,548 shares at the end of the settlement date of May 31, 2024 compared with 1,972,813,805 shares in 1,719 securities for the previous reporting period. This represents a 1.00 day average daily volume; the previous reporting period’s figure was 1.61.
In summary, short interest in all 4,754 Nasdaq® securities totaled 13,886,037,040 shares at the May 31, 2024 settlement date, compared with 4,782 issues and 13,619,425,863 shares at the end of the previous reporting period. This is 1.73 days average daily volume, compared with an average of 2.77 days for the previous 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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