Nasdaq short interest falls to 22.6 billion shares at July 31 settlement

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Nasdaq Announces End-of-Month Open Short Interest Positions in Nasdaq Stocks as of Settlement Date July 31, 2026

August 11, 2026 4:05 PM EDT

NEW YORK, Aug. 11, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- At the end of the settlement date of July 31, 2026, short interest in 3,835 Nasdaq Global MarketSM securities totaled 18,151,604,493 shares compared with 18,406,468,581 shares in 3,836 Global Market issues reported for the prior settlement date of July 15, 2026. The July short interest represents 3.17 days compared with 3.07 days for the prior reporting period.

Short interest in 1,653 securities on The Nasdaq Capital MarketSM totaled 4,446,250,391 shares at the end of the settlement date of July 31, 2026, compared with 4,495,814,044 shares in 1,654 securities for the previous reporting... More