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Nasdaq Announces Mid-Month Open Short Interest Positions in Nasdaq Stocks as of Settlement Date September 15, 2016

NEW YORK, Sept. 26, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- At the end of the settlement date of September 15, 2016, short interest in  2,320  Nasdaq Global Market SM securities totaled  7,538,279,223  shares compared with  7,371,196,258  shares in  2,329  Global Market issues reported for the prior settlement date of August 31, 2016. The mid-September short interest represents  5.32  days average daily Nasdaq Global Market share volume for the reporting period, compared with  5.23  days for the prior reporting period.

Short interest in  772  securities on The Nasdaq Capital Market SM totaled  656,881,748  shares at the end of the settlement date of September 15, 2016 compared with  624,916,137  shares in  778  securities for the previous reporting period. This represents  2.93  days average daily volume, compared with the previous reporting period’s figure of  2.93.

In summary, short interest in all  3,092  Nasdaq® securities totaled  8,195,160,971  shares at the September 15, 2016 settlement date, compared with  3,107  issues and  7,996,112,395  shares at the end of the previous reporting period. This is  4.99  days average daily volume, compared with an average of 4.93 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 http://www.nasdaq.com/quotes/short-interest.aspx or http://www.nasdaqtrader.com/asp/short_interest.asp .

About Nasdaq: Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ ) is a leading provider of trading, clearing, exchange technology, listing, information and public company services across six continents. Through its diverse portfolio of solutions, Nasdaq enables customers to plan, optimize and execute their business vision with confidence, using proven technologies that provide transparency and insight for navigating today's global capital markets. As the creator of the world's first electronic stock market, its technology powers more than 70 marketplaces in 50 countries, and 1 in 10 of the world's securities transactions. Nasdaq is home to more than 3,700 listed companies with a market value of $9.3 trillion and 18,000 corporate clients. To learn more, visit: nasdaq.com/ambition or business.nasdaq.com .

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Media Contact: Peter Gau +1.212.231.5475 Peter.Gau@nasdaq.com

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