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NEW YORK, Feb. 24, 2016 -- At the end of the settlement date of February 12, 2016, short interest in 2,300 Nasdaq Global MarketSM securities totaled 8,298,190,416 shares compared with 8,204,510,918 shares in 2,297 Global Market issues reported for the prior settlement date of January 29, 2016. The Mid-February short interest represents 3.95 days average daily Nasdaq Global Market share volume for the reporting period, compared with 3.52 days for the prior reporting period.
Short interest in 742 securities on The Nasdaq Capital MarketSM totaled 783,885,164 shares at the end of the settlement date of February 12, 2016 compared with 766,280,781 shares in 738 securities for the previous reporting period. This represents 5.54 days average daily volume, compared with the previous reporting period’s figure of 4.00.
In summary, short interest in all 3,042 Nasdaq® securities totaled 9,082,075,580 shares at the February 12, 2016 settlement date, compared with 3,035 issues and 8,970,791,699 shares at the end of the previous reporting period. This is 4.05 days average daily volume, compared with an average of 3.56 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, visit
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