BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust (BKN) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $11.48 -0.17 (-1.46%) (As of 12/18/2024 05:11 PM ET) Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust Short Interest DataBlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust (BKN) has a short interest of 7,900 shares. This marks a -57.07% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 0.1, indicating that it would take 0.1 days of the average trading volume of 47,411 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest7,900 sharesPrevious Short Interest18,400 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-57.07%Dollar Volume Sold Short$97,012.00Short Interest Ratio0.1 Days to CoverLast Record DateNovember 30, 2024Outstanding Shares17,619,000 sharesPercentage of Shares Shorted0.04%Today's Trading Volume162,245 sharesAverage Trading Volume47,411 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average342% Short Selling BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartBKN Short Interest Over TimeBKN Days to Cover Over TimeBKN Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Ad Behind the MarketsWe recommended Palantir in 2021, now we’re recommending this...My research indicates there is only one investment that can meet AI's unprecedented demand for energy.Click to get the name and ticker symbol BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 11/30/20247,900 shares $97,012.00 -57.1%N/A0.1 $12.28 11/15/202418,400 shares $222,088.00 -24.3%N/A0.3 $12.07 10/31/202424,300 shares $298,039.50 -46.6%N/A0.4 $12.27 10/15/202445,500 shares $586,040.00 +132.1%N/A0.9 $12.88 9/30/202419,600 shares $253,232.00 -45.3%N/A0.4 $12.92 9/15/202435,800 shares $467,906.00 +13.7%N/A0.7 $13.07 Get the Latest News and Ratings for BKN and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 8/31/202431,500 shares $389,025.00 +28.6%N/A0.7 $12.35 8/15/202424,500 shares $304,780.00 +157.9%N/A0.6 $12.44 7/31/20249,500 shares $115,805.00 -34.9%N/A0.3 $12.19 7/15/202414,600 shares $175,200.00 -27.7%N/A0.4 $12.00 6/30/202420,200 shares $241,794.00 +6.9%N/A0.6 $11.97 6/15/202418,900 shares $224,910.00 -62.2%N/A0.5 $11.90 5/31/202450,000 shares $584,500.00 -50.6%N/A1.3 $11.69 5/15/2024101,300 shares $1.23 million -24.6%N/A2.9 $12.19 4/30/2024134,400 shares $1.61 million +4.9%N/A3.7 $12.00 4/15/2024128,100 shares $1.52 million -2.6%N/A2.8 $11.90 3/31/2024131,500 shares $1.63 million +40.0%N/A2.7 $12.41 3/15/202493,900 shares $1.17 million -26.5%N/A1.7 $12.44 2/29/2024127,800 shares $1.54 million +96.3%N/A2 $12.03 2/15/202465,100 shares $792,267.00 +6.2%N/A0.9 $12.17 1/31/202461,300 shares $717,823.00 +1.0%N/A0.8 $11.71 1/15/202460,700 shares $719,902.00 -5.3%N/A0.9 $11.86 12/31/202364,100 shares $760,226.00 +462.3%N/A0.9 $11.86 12/15/202311,400 shares $134,976.00 -72.0%N/A0.2 $11.84 11/30/202340,700 shares $456,247.00 +64.8%N/A0.6 $11.21 11/15/202324,700 shares $267,995.00 +62.5%N/A0.4 $10.85 10/31/202315,200 shares $147,744.00 -33.9%N/A0.3 $9.72 10/15/202323,000 shares $233,680.00 +27.1%N/A0.4 $10.16 9/30/202318,100 shares $183,172.00 +82.8%N/A0.4 $10.12 9/15/20239,900 shares $105,039.00 +33.8%N/A0.2 $10.61 8/31/20237,400 shares $81,178.00 -46.8%N/A0.1 $10.97 8/15/202313,900 shares $155,541.00 -49.6%N/A0.3 $11.19 7/31/202327,600 shares $324,300.00 -3.5%N/A0.5 $11.75 7/15/202328,600 shares $332,904.00 +439.6%N/A0.5 $11.64 6/30/20235,300 shares $61,586.00 +32.5%N/A0.1 $11.62 6/15/20234,000 shares $45,400.00 -61.9%N/A0.1 $11.35 5/31/202310,500 shares $118,650.00 +101.9%N/A0.2 $11.30 5/15/20235,200 shares $59,384.00 +48.6%N/A0.1 $11.42 4/30/20233,500 shares $41,125.00 -75.0%N/A0.1 $11.75 4/15/202314,000 shares $166,740.00 -3.5%N/A0.2 $11.91Most People Are Dead Wrong. 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I recommend you check it out now. 3/31/202314,500 shares $175,015.00 -4.0%N/A0.2 $12.07 3/15/202315,100 shares $177,500.50 -34.6%N/A0.2 $11.76 2/28/202323,100 shares $274,197.00 -64.8%N/A0.2 $11.87 2/15/202365,600 shares $832,464.00 +424.8%N/A0.7 $12.69 1/31/202312,500 shares $154,250.00 +495.2%N/A0.1 $12.34 1/15/20232,100 shares $25,683.00 +10.5%N/A0 $12.23 12/30/20221,900 shares $22,154.00 +26.7%N/A0 $11.66 12/15/20221,500 shares $18,195.00 -81.3%N/A0 $12.13 11/30/20228,000 shares $102,480.00 +700.0%N/A0.1 $12.81 11/15/20221,000 shares $11,450.00 -92.1%N/A0 $11.45 10/31/202212,600 shares $136,836.00 -74.8%N/A0.2 $10.86 10/15/202250,000 shares $596,250.00 No ChangeN/A1.2 $11.93 9/30/202250,800 shares $636,016.00 -48.9%N/A1.3 $12.52 9/15/202299,400 shares $1.40 million -17.2%N/A2.5 $14.12 8/31/2022120,100 shares $1.82 million +59.1%N/A2.6 $15.14 8/15/202275,500 shares $1.22 million +36.3%N/A1.6 $16.18 7/31/202255,400 shares $809,394.00 +3.2%N/A1 $14.61 7/15/202253,700 shares $764,688.00 -23.4%N/A0.8 $14.24 6/30/202270,100 shares $953,360.00 -21.2%N/A1 $13.60 6/15/202289,000 shares $1.24 million -22.3%N/A1.1 $13.91 5/31/2022114,500 shares $1.75 million -32.8%N/A1.6 $15.31 5/15/2022170,300 shares $2.65 million +72.7%N/A2.2 $15.59 4/30/202298,600 shares $1.49 million +81.6%N/A1.3 $15.14 4/15/202254,300 shares $740,652.00 +11.3%N/A0.8 $13.64 3/31/202248,800 shares $701,744.00 -10.8%N/A0.7 $14.38 3/15/202254,700 shares $822,688.00 -16.5%N/A1 $15.04 2/28/202265,500 shares $1.02 million +32.6%N/A1.2 $15.63 2/15/202249,400 shares $752,856.00 -5.4%N/A0.9 $15.24 1/31/202252,200 shares $831,024.00 -30.4%N/A1 $15.92 1/15/202275,000 shares $1.32 million +52.8%N/A1.5 $17.66 12/31/202149,100 shares $851,885.00 -11.4%N/A1.2 $17.35 12/15/202155,400 shares $961,190.00 +9.3%N/A1.4 $17.35 11/30/202150,700 shares $873,054.00 -8.5%N/A1.5 $17.22 11/15/202155,400 shares $958,974.00 +0.9%N/A1.8 $17.31 10/29/202154,900 shares $940,437.00 -23.3%N/A1.8 $17.13 10/15/202171,600 shares $1.31 million +9.2%N/A2.8 $18.36 9/30/202165,600 shares $1.13 million -8.5%N/A2.6 $17.26 9/15/202171,700 shares $1.31 million -10.8%N/A2.9 $18.31 8/31/202180,400 shares $1.48 million +8.8%N/A3.1 $18.40 8/13/202173,900 shares $1.37 million -0.3%N/A2.1 $18.60 7/30/202174,100 shares $1.37 million +2.2%N/A2 $18.49 7/15/202172,500 shares $1.32 million +5.8%N/A1.7 $18.18 6/30/202168,500 shares $1.26 million +7.5%N/A1.6 $18.45 6/15/202163,700 shares $1.15 million -21.9%N/A1.4 $18.06 5/28/202181,600 shares $1.57 million -22.7%N/A1.7 $19.20 5/14/2021105,500 shares $2.04 million +18.4%N/A2.6 $19.30 4/30/202189,100 shares $1.69 million +38.1%N/A2.1 $19.00 4/15/202164,500 shares $1.21 million -8.1%N/A1.6 $18.77 3/31/202170,200 shares $1.25 million +11.1%N/A1.9 $17.86 3/15/202163,200 shares $1.11 million +16.6%N/A1.9 $17.64Most People Are Dead Wrong. 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I recommend you check it out now. 2/26/202154,200 shares $920,858.00 +2.3%N/A1.6 $16.99 2/12/202153,000 shares $969,370.00 -8.2%N/A1.6 $18.29 1/29/202157,700 shares $978,592.00 -13.5%N/A1.9 $16.96 1/15/202166,700 shares $1.13 million -15.4%N/A2.1 $16.96 12/31/202078,800 shares $1.36 million -25.7%N/A2.4 $17.23 12/15/2020106,000 shares $1.83 million +65.6%N/A3.1 $17.22 11/30/202064,000 shares $1.10 million +6.3%N/A1.9 $17.21 11/15/202060,200 shares $1.00 million +5.1%N/A1.8 $16.67 10/30/202057,300 shares $902,475.00 +12.4%N/A1.7 $15.75 10/15/202051,000 shares $824,670.00 +486.2%N/A0 $16.17 9/30/20208,700 shares $135,981.00 +31.8%N/A0.3 $15.63 9/15/202015,700 shares $256,067.00 +137.9%N/A0.4 $16.31 8/31/20206,600 shares $104,940.00 -58.2%N/A0.2 $15.90 8/14/202015,800 shares $260,700.00 -12.2%N/A0.4 $16.50 7/31/202018,000 shares $302,940.00 +35.3%N/A0.5 $16.83 7/15/202013,300 shares $210,406.00 -64.8%N/A0.3 $15.82 6/30/202037,800 shares $593,460.00 +127.7%N/A0.8 $15.70 6/15/202016,600 shares $256,636.00 +22.1%N/A0.3 $15.46 5/29/202013,600 shares $205,768.00 -57.1%N/A0.2 $15.13 5/15/202031,700 shares $461,869.00 +248.4%N/A0.4 $14.57 4/30/20209,100 shares $134,225.00 -39.3%N/A0.1 $14.75 4/15/202015,000 shares $226,050.00 -74.4%N/A0.2 $15.07 3/31/202058,500 shares $835,965.00 +1,260.5%N/A0.8 $14.29 3/13/20204,300 shares $63,855.00 -15.7%0.0%0.1 $14.85 2/28/20205,100 shares $61,506.00 No ChangeN/A0.1 $12.06 2/14/20205,100 shares $80,529.00 -47.4%N/A0.2 $15.79 1/31/20209,700 shares $155,491.00 -6.7%N/A0.3 $16.03 1/15/202010,400 shares $167,336.00 +116.7%N/A0.3 $16.09 12/31/20194,800 shares $76,080.00 -15.8%N/A0.2 $15.85 BKN Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of November 30th, investors have sold 7,900 shares of BKN short. Learn More on BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust's current short interest. Is BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust's short interest increasing or decreasing? BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust saw a drop in short interest in November. As of November 30th, there was short interest totaling 7,900 shares, a drop of 57.1% from the previous total of 18,400 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. How does BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust's short interest compare to its competitors? Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "financial services" compare to BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust: John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (0.10%), PIMCO High Income Fund (0.05%), Eagle Point Credit Company Inc. (1.01%), Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (0.13%), John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund (0.05%), BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund, Inc. (0.12%), CION Investment Co. (0.30%), Adams Natural Resources Fund, Inc. (1.51%), The India Fund, Inc. (0.17%), Royce Micro-Cap Trust, Inc. (0.02%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: AppLovin Co. ($5.70 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.55 billion), Spotify Technology S.A. ($3.84 billion), Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ($3.07 billion), International Paper ($3.00 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.93 billion), Cencora, Inc. ($2.54 billion), Paychex, Inc. ($2.53 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($2.24 billion), and Reddit, Inc. ($2.00 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust stock? Short selling BKN is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust as its price is falling. BKN shares are trading down $0.17 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. How does a short squeeze work against BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust? A short squeeze for BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust 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 BKN, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust's short interest reported? Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including BKN, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is November, 30 2024. More Short Interest Resources from MarketBeat Related Companies John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund Short Squeeze PIMCO High Income Fund Short Squeeze Eagle Point Credit Short Squeeze Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio Short Squeeze John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund Short Squeeze BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund Short Squeeze CION Investment Short Squeeze Adams Natural Resources Fund Short Squeeze The India Fund Short Squeeze Royce Micro-Cap Trust Short Squeeze Short Interest Tools Stocks to Short Largest Short Interest Positions Short Interest Increases Short Interest Decreases Short Interest Reporting Dates This page (NYSE:BKN) was last updated on 12/19/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersDid You See Trump’s Bombshell Exec. Order 001?Biden broke it... Now Trump is going to fix it. Starting with "Exec. 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