Nasdaq Trading Volume Plummets 64 Percent Despite Three-Day Gain

On May 9, 2025, Nasdaq's trading volume reached 3.10 billion, marking a 64.26% decrease from the previous day. Despite this, Nasdaq (NDAQ) experienced a 0.27% increase, marking its third consecutive day of gains and a total increase of 1.45% over the past three days.

Nasdaq recently reported the end-of-month open short interest positions for its securities. As of April 30, 2025, the short interest in 3,156 Nasdaq Global Market securities totaled 13,300,707,903 shares, compared to 13,211,633,004 shares reported on April 15, 2025. This represents an average daily volume of 2.40 days, up from 1.76 days in the previous reporting period.

Additionally, short interest in 1,636 securities on The Nasdaq Capital Market totaled 2,645,060,429 shares at the end of April 30, 2025, compared to 2,609,354,721 shares in the previous reporting period. This represents a 1.00 day average daily volume, consistent with the prior reporting period.

Overall, short interest in all 4,792 Nasdaq securities totaled 15,945,768,331 shares at the April 30, 2025 settlement date, compared with 15,820,987,725 shares at the end of the previous reporting period. This is 1.92 days average daily volume, compared with an average of 1.52 days for the prior reporting period.