Nasdaq Announces End-of-Month Open Short Interest Positions in Nasdaq Stocks as of Settlement Date November 30, 2016
December 09 2016 - 4:05PM
At the end of the settlement date of November 30, 2016, short
interest in 2,325 Nasdaq Global MarketSM securities totaled
7,428,340,748 shares compared with 7,733,350,362 shares in 2,326
Global Market issues reported for the prior settlement date of
November 15, 2016. The end-of-November short interest represents
5.23 days average daily Nasdaq Global Market share volume for the
reporting period, compared with 4.50 days for the prior reporting
period.
Short interest in 777 securities on The Nasdaq Capital MarketSM
totaled 650,175,915 shares at the end of the settlement date of
November 30, 2016 compared with 668,309,062 shares in 774
securities for the previous reporting period. This represents 3.88
days average daily volume, compared with the previous reporting
period’s figure of 4.22.
In summary, short interest in all 3,102 Nasdaq® securities
totaled 8,078,516,663 shares at the November 30, 2016 settlement
date, compared with 3,100 issues and 8,401,659,424 shares at the
end of the previous reporting period. This is 5.09 days average
daily volume, compared with an average of 4.47 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,
visithttp://www.nasdaq.com/quotes/short-interest.aspxor
http://www.nasdaqtrader.com/asp/short_interest.asp.
About Nasdaq:Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) is a leading
provider of trading, clearing, exchange technology, listing,
information and public company services across six continents.
Through its diverse portfolio of solutions, Nasdaq enables
customers to plan, optimize and execute their business vision with
confidence, using proven technologies that provide transparency and
insight for navigating today's global capital markets. As the
creator of the world's first electronic stock market, its
technology powers more than 70 marketplaces in 50 countries, and 1
in 10 of the world's securities transactions. Nasdaq is home to
more than 3,700 listed companies with a market value of $10.0
trillion and approximately 18,000 corporate clients. To learn more,
visit: nasdaq.com/ambition or business.nasdaq.com.
NDAQO
Media Contact:
Christine Barna
+1.646.441.5310
Christine.Barna@nasdaq.com
Nasdaq (NASDAQ:NDAQ)
Historical Stock Chart
From Aug 2024 to Sep 2024
Nasdaq (NASDAQ:NDAQ)
Historical Stock Chart
From Sep 2023 to Sep 2024