Nasdaq Announces End-of-Month Open Short Interest Positions in Nasdaq Stocks as of Settlement Date October 30, 2026
Key Highlights
- ➤22.90 billion shares short across 5,528 Nasdaq securities, down from 23.16 billion
- ➤Nasdaq Global Market short interest fell to 18.36 billion shares
- ➤Nasdaq Capital Market short interest totaled 4.54 billion shares
- ➤Overall short interest declined to 2.66 average daily-volume days from 2.93
NEW YORK, Nov. 10, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- At the end of the settlement date of October 30, 2026, short interest in 3,866 Nasdaq Global Market(SM) securities totaled 18,363,213,608 shares compared with 18,609,329,855 shares in 3,885 Global Market issues reported for the prior settlement date of October 15, 2026. The October short interest represents 3.23 days compared with 3.49 days for the prior reporting period.
Short interest in 1,662 securities on The Nasdaq Capital Market(SM) totaled 4,537,405,688 shares at the end of the settlement date of October 30, 2026, compared with 4,547,071,138 shares in 1,659 securities for the previous reporting period. This represents a 1.56 day average daily volume; the previous reporting period’s figure was 1.76.
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