Nasdaq short interest falls 2.37 days YoY to 13.8 bln shares.

• Short interest in Nasdaq Global Market securities: 13,792,841,090 shares • Mid-July short interest: 2.37 days • Short interest in Nasdaq Capital Market securities: 2,853,251,720 shares • Average daily volume: 1.00 day • Total short interest in all Nasdaq securities: 16,646,092,810 shares

Nasdaq has released its mid-month short interest report for the settlement date of July 15, 2025, providing insights into the current sentiment among investors. The report shows that the total short interest across all 4,907 Nasdaq securities reached 16.65 billion shares, a slight decrease from the previous period's 16.93 billion shares [2].

In the Nasdaq Global Market, short interest in 3,260 securities totaled 13.79 billion shares, representing 2.37 days of average daily volume, down from 2.59 days in the prior period [2]. The Nasdaq Capital Market saw short interest of 2.85 billion shares across 1,647 securities, maintaining a 1.00 day average daily volume [2].

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 [2]. 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 [2].

This report underscores the ongoing interest in Nasdaq securities and the sentiment among investors regarding these stocks. The decrease in average daily volume in the Nasdaq Global Market suggests a shift in investor sentiment, potentially indicating a more bullish outlook.

For more information on Nasdaq Short interest positions, including publication dates, visit [2].

References:
[1] https://www.marketbeat.com/stocks/NASDAQ/VIEW/short-interest/
[2] https://www.stocktitan.net/news/NDAQ/nasdaq-announces-mid-month-open-short-interest-positions-in-nasdaq-of7vnbbuajgz.html