Short interest in all 5,423 Nasdaq securities totaled 21,949,236,630 shares at the June 15, 2026 settlement date, compared with 5,399 issues and 21,219,978,207 shares at the end of the previous reporting period. This represents 2.06 days of average daily volume, compared with an average of 2.15 days for the prior reporting period. The data reflects the total number of shares sold short by all broker/dealers regardless of their exchange affiliations.

Nasdaq Global Market

Short interest in 3,764 Nasdaq Global Market securities totaled 17,903,270,409 shares at the end of the settlement date of June 15, 2026. This compares with 17,273,936,410 shares in 3,749 Global Market issues reported for the prior settlement date of May 29, 2026. The mid-June short interest represents 2.79 days to cover, compared with 3.01 days for the prior reporting period.

Nasdaq Capital Market

Short interest in 1,659 securities on The Nasdaq Capital Market totaled 4,045,966,221 shares at the end of the settlement date of June 15, 2026. This compares with 3,946,041,797 shares in 1,650 securities for the previous reporting period. The figure represents 1 day of average daily volume, consistent with the previous reporting period's figure of 1 day.

Shares of Tianci International Inc rose sharply in pre-market trading after the company posted results for the third quarter. The stock jumped 87.8% to $0.92, driven by a significant turnaround in profitability and revenue growth.

The company reported third-quarter earnings of 1 cent per share, reversing a year-ago loss of 43 cents per share. Sales rose to $4.311 million from $1.948 million in the year-ago period, marking a substantial increase in top-line performance.

Other notable pre-market movers

Several other stocks experienced significant volatility in pre-market trading. Ridgetech Inc gained 93.3% to $2.65, while Oriental Rise Holdings Ltd rose 48.7% to $3.60 after gaining around 19% on Monday.

Catheter Precision Inc jumped 38% to $1.20 after filing a prospectus for an offering of 68.07 million shares. Aditxt Inc rose 37% to $0.026 after gaining 92% on Monday, and GD Culture Group Ltd gained 17.7% to $0.024 after climbing 12% on Monday.

On the downside, Primoris Services Corp tumbled 34.7% to $70.56 after announcing the departure of COO Jeremy Kinch and cutting its FY26 guidance. Freecast Inc fell 21.5% to $7.72 following a report from Fugazi Research.