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Nasdaq Announces Mid-Month Open Short Interest Positions in Nasdaq Stocks as of Settlement Date May 15, 2026
NEW YORK, May 27, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- At the end of the settlement date of May 15, 2026, short interest in 3,727 Nasdaq Global MarketSM securities totaled 17,000,786,423 shares compared with 16,707,836,595 shares in 3,714 Global Market issues reported for the prior settlement date of April 30, 2026. The mid-May short interest represents 2.74 days compared with 2.84 days for the prior reporting period. Short interest in 1,640 securities on The Nasdaq Capital MarketSM totaled 3,909,823,972 sh
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