Nasdaq Announces End-of-Month Open Short Interest Positions in Nasdaq Stocks as of Settlement Date September 30, 2026
Key Highlights
- ➤23.09 billion Nasdaq shares short as of September 30, up from 22.52 billion
- ➤Nasdaq Global Market short interest reached 18.66 billion shares, up from 18.12 billion
- ➤Nasdaq Capital Market short interest totaled 4.44 billion shares, up from 4.40 billion
- ➤Aggregate short interest fell to 2.49 days’ average daily volume from 2.96 days
NEW YORK, Oct. 09, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- At the end of the settlement date of September 30, 2026, short interest in 3,885 Nasdaq Global Market(SM )securities totaled 18,657,486,300 shares compared with 18,116,572,644 shares in 3,862 Global Market issues reported for the prior settlement date of September 15, 2026. The September short interest represents 3.19 days compared with 3.55 days for the prior reporting period.
Short interest in 1,667 securities on The Nasdaq Capital Market(SM )totaled 4,436,257,542 shares at the end of the settlement date of September 30, 2026, compared with 4,404,738,050 shares in 1,654 securities for the previous reporting period. This represents a 1.30 day average daily volume; the previous reporting period’s figure was 1.76.
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