Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXP) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of April 15th, investors have sold 30,300 shares of NXP short. 0.07% of Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio's current short interest.

Companies that have a short interest as a percentage of float below 10% indicates positive investor sentiment and few short sellers. Stocks with a short interest percentage above 10% is considered high, suggesting some investors are pessimistic about the stock. Companies with a short interest percentage of 20% or more indicates widespread negative sentiment. 0.07% of Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio's floating shares are currently sold short.

Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio saw a drop in short interest during the month of April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totaling 30,300 shares, a drop of 43.3% from the previous total of 53,400 shares. Changes in short volume can be used to identify positive and negative investor sentiment. Investors that short sell a stock are betting that its price will decline in the future. An increase in short sale volume suggests bearish (negative) sentiment among investors. A decrease on short sale volume suggests bullish (positive) sentiment.

0.07% of Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "financial services" compare to Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio: PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (0.35%), Adams Diversified Equity Fund, Inc. (0.64%), Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (0.14%), The Gabelli Equity Trust Inc. (0.52%), SRH Total Return Fund, Inc. (0.12%), Royce Value Trust Inc. (0.06%), Oxford Lane Capital Corp. (3.08%), BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust (0.17%), Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc. (1.75%), MidCap Financial Investment Co. (0.85%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Invesco QQQ ($21.71 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($9.48 billion), Strategy Incorporated ($8.92 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.86 billion), Apollo Global Management, Inc. ($3.86 billion), Capital One Financial Co. ($3.72 billion), Super Micro Computer, Inc. ($3.47 billion), AppLovin Co. ($2.64 billion), VanEck Semiconductor ETF ($2.46 billion), and The Kroger Co. ($2.33 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling NXP is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio as its price is falling. NXP shares are trading down $0.02 today. To short a stock, an investor borrows shares, sells them and buys the shares back on the public market later to return it to the lender. Short sellers are betting that a stock will decline in price. If the stock does drop after selling, the short seller buys it back at a lower price and returns it to the lender. The difference between the sell price and the buy price is the trader's profit.

A short squeeze for Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock increases in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of NXP, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further.

Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including NXP, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 15 2025.