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Nasdaq Announces End-of-Month Open Short Interest Positions in Nasdaq Stocks as of Settlement Date December 31, 2025
NEW YORK, Jan. 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- At the end of the settlement date of December 31, 2025, short interest in 3,498 Nasdaq Global MarketSM securities totaled 15,183,396,236 shares compared with 15,012,659,234 shares in 3,486 Global Market issues reported for the prior settlement date of December 15, 2025. The December short interest represents 2.83 days compared with 2.90 days for the prior reporting period. Short interest in 1,671 securities on The Nasdaq Capital MarketSM totaled 3,382,
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