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BlackRock Utilities, Infrastructure & Power Opportunities Trust

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0001528988

No open-market purchases or sales by BlackRock Utilities, Infrastructure & Power Opportunities Trust insiders were filed in the last 90 days; 85 institutions reported holding it in 13F filings for Q2 2026, worth $156.2M in total; no superinvestor holds it.

Four kinds of short-selling data, each measuring something different:

  • Short interest: shares sold short and not yet bought back, as of a settlement date. FINRA publishes it twice a month, about eight business days after the settlement date.
  • Daily short volume: shares sold short each day in off-exchange trades reported to FINRA. It counts trades, not open positions, and is published the next day.
  • Fails-to-deliver: shares not delivered by the settlement date. The SEC publishes them twice a month, about two weeks late.
  • ATS (dark pool) volume: weekly volume on alternative trading systems and other off-exchange venues. FINRA publishes it two to four weeks after the week.

More in the glossary.

Short interest

Shares sold short and not yet bought back, from FINRA, on every settlement date in the last two years.

Short interest
170.5K
Shares, settlement Oct 30, 2026
Change
+127.8K
+299.4% vs. Oct 15, 2026
Days to cover
1.63
Short interest ÷ average daily volume
Average daily volume
104.8K
Shares, as reported by FINRA
Short interest by settlement date
Oct 31, 2024: 12,913 sharesNov 15, 2024: 14,818 sharesNov 29, 2024: 9,228 sharesDec 13, 2024: 55,612 sharesDec 31, 2024: 70,533 sharesJan 15, 2025: 72,432 sharesJan 31, 2025: 38,344 sharesFeb 14, 2025: 43,052 sharesFeb 28, 2025: 59,082 sharesMar 14, 2025: 83,626 sharesMar 31, 2025: 68,166 sharesApr 15, 2025: 92,404 sharesApr 30, 2025: 93,472 sharesMay 15, 2025: 86,314 sharesMay 30, 2025: 64,027 sharesJun 13, 2025: 108,054 sharesJun 30, 2025: 176,914 sharesJul 15, 2025: 196,927 sharesJul 31, 2025: 160,698 sharesAug 15, 2025: 207,801 sharesAug 29, 2025: 232,131 sharesSep 15, 2025: 176,155 sharesSep 30, 2025: 105,227 sharesOct 15, 2025: 67,427 sharesOct 31, 2025: 76,534 sharesNov 14, 2025: 83,717 sharesNov 28, 2025: 53,758 sharesDec 15, 2025: 46,823 sharesDec 31, 2025: 75,552 sharesJan 15, 2026: 276,694 sharesJan 30, 2026: 340,744 sharesFeb 13, 2026: 366,008 sharesFeb 27, 2026: 408,544 sharesMar 13, 2026: 1,050,810 sharesMar 31, 2026: 890,652 sharesApr 15, 2026: 94,855 sharesApr 30, 2026: 53,460 sharesMay 15, 2026: 69,552 sharesMay 29, 2026: 56,158 sharesJun 15, 2026: 66,675 sharesJun 30, 2026: 94,108 sharesJul 15, 2026: 80,580 sharesJul 31, 2026: 66,621 sharesAug 14, 2026: 54,695 sharesAug 31, 2026: 50,796 sharesSep 15, 2026: 58,184 sharesSep 30, 2026: 65,664 sharesOct 15, 2026: 42,685 sharesOct 30, 2026: 170,494 shares
Short interest in BUI by settlement date
Settlement dateShort interestChangeChange %Avg. daily volumeDays to cover
Oct 30, 2026170.5K+127.8K+299.4%104.8K1.63
Oct 15, 202642.7K−23.0K−35.0%91.6K1.00
Sep 30, 202665.7K+7.48K+12.9%79.4K1.00
Sep 15, 202658.2K+7.39K+14.5%81.3K1.00
Aug 31, 202650.8K−3.90K−7.1%68.2K1.00
Aug 14, 202654.7K−11.9K−17.9%79.0K1.00
Jul 31, 202666.6K−14.0K−17.3%57.3K1.16
Jul 15, 202680.6K−13.5K−14.4%63.4K1.27
Jun 30, 202694.1K+27.4K+41.1%90.0K1.05
Jun 15, 202666.7K+10.5K+18.7%73.9K1.00
May 29, 202656.2K−13.4K−19.3%60.0K1.00
May 15, 202669.6K+16.1K+30.1%84.1K1.00
Apr 30, 202653.5K−41.4K−43.6%78.8K1.00
Apr 15, 202694.9K−795.8K−89.4%151.3K1.00
Mar 31, 2026890.7K−160.2K−15.2%122.3K7.28
Mar 13, 20261.05M+642.3K+157.2%234.1K4.49
Feb 27, 2026408.5K+42.5K+11.6%55.8K7.32
Feb 13, 2026366.0K+25.3K+7.4%76.7K4.77
Jan 30, 2026340.7K+64.0K+23.2%76.5K4.46
Jan 15, 2026276.7K+201.1K+266.2%87.8K3.15
Dec 31, 202575.6K+28.7K+61.4%123.5K1.00
Dec 15, 202546.8K−6.93K−12.9%60.2K1.00
Nov 28, 202553.8K−30.0K−35.8%43.2K1.24
Nov 14, 202583.7K+7.18K+9.4%50.0K1.67
Oct 31, 202576.5K+9.11K+13.5%60.0K1.28
Oct 15, 202567.4K−37.8K−35.9%82.4K1.00
Sep 30, 2025105.2K−70.9K−40.3%79.5K1.32
Sep 15, 2025176.2K−56.0K−24.1%64.9K2.71
Aug 29, 2025232.1K+24.3K+11.7%51.9K4.47
Aug 15, 2025207.8K+47.1K+29.3%53.0K3.92
Jul 31, 2025160.7K−36.2K−18.4%59.2K2.71
Jul 15, 2025196.9K+20.0K+11.3%55.9K3.52
Jun 30, 2025176.9K+68.9K+63.7%62.8K2.82
Jun 13, 2025108.1K+44.0K+68.8%50.7K2.13
May 30, 202564.0K−22.3K−25.8%53.6K1.20
May 15, 202586.3K−7.16K−7.7%48.3K1.79
Apr 30, 202593.5K+1.07K+1.2%49.8K1.88
Apr 15, 202592.4K+24.2K+35.6%85.2K1.08
Mar 31, 202568.2K−15.5K−18.5%43.0K1.59
Mar 14, 202583.6K+24.5K+41.5%55.6K1.50
Feb 28, 202559.1K+16.0K+37.2%51.2K1.15
Feb 14, 202543.1K+4.71K+12.3%48.3K1.00
Jan 31, 202538.3K−34.1K−47.1%54.1K1.00
Jan 15, 202572.4K+1.90K+2.7%74.7K1.00
Dec 31, 202470.5K+14.9K+26.8%58.4K1.21
Dec 13, 202455.6K+46.4K+502.6%39.4K1.41
Nov 29, 20249.23K−5.59K−37.7%36.7K1.00
Nov 15, 202414.8K+1.91K+14.8%59.5K1.00
Oct 31, 202412.9K+8.74K+209.7%43.0K1.00

Fails-to-deliver

Shares that weren't delivered by the settlement date, from the SEC, for the last 30 dates with fails. The price is the previous day's closing price published by the SEC.

Fails-to-deliver in BUI by settlement date
Settlement dateSharesPriceValue
Oct 9, 2026237$25.46$6.03K
Sep 17, 2026239$25.53$6.10K
Sep 10, 20267,525$26.60$200.2K
Sep 9, 202612,225$26.81$327.8K
Aug 20, 2026681$27.37$18.6K
Aug 14, 2026300$27.57$8.27K
Aug 13, 2026149$27.24$4.06K
Aug 10, 202674$26.95$1.99K
Aug 6, 20264,819$27.35$131.8K
Aug 5, 20265,266$27.12$142.8K
Jul 31, 20261,405$27.39$38.5K
Jul 30, 2026380$27.21$10.3K
Jul 29, 20262,079$27.54$57.3K
Jul 28, 202642$27.74$1.17K
Jul 24, 2026906$27.70$25.1K
Jul 21, 20261,350$27.79$37.5K
Jul 20, 2026409$27.87$11.4K
Jul 17, 2026139$27.84$3.87K
Jul 15, 20262,169$28.42$61.6K
Jul 14, 20264,263$28.08$119.7K
Jul 13, 20269,290$28.27$262.6K
Jul 10, 20264,317$28.35$122.4K
Jul 8, 20262,671$28.72$76.7K
Jul 7, 20263,544$28.90$102.4K
Jul 6, 2026926$28.75$26.6K
Jul 2, 2026475$28.74$13.7K
Jul 1, 20261,177$29.01$34.1K
Jun 30, 20261,732$29.00$50.2K
Jun 26, 20262,000$28.68$57.4K
Jun 25, 20261$28.40$28.4

Daily short volume

Off-exchange short-sale volume, not short interest: shares sold short each day in trades reported to FINRA, for the last 30 trading days.

The short volume ratio isn't a sentiment gauge: market makers sell short to fill buy orders and to hedge, so short sales are usually about half of off-exchange volume.

Off-exchange short volume in BUI by trade date
Trade dateShort volumeShort exemptOff-exchange volumeShort volume ratio
Nov 10, 202622,914149,74746.1%
Nov 9, 202632,727075,93843.1%
Nov 6, 202616,02084972,94622.0%
Nov 5, 202627,9841,71579,01635.4%
Nov 4, 202613,932032,13743.4%
Nov 3, 20269,452039,98123.6%
Nov 2, 202614,666080,65418.2%
Oct 30, 202661,7221,631156,87539.3%
Oct 29, 202641,217066,56261.9%
Oct 28, 202629,368060,68748.4%
Oct 27, 202689,3450114,13578.3%
Oct 26, 202624,376046,08352.9%
Oct 23, 202618,295036,48650.1%
Oct 22, 202619,105058,11032.9%
Oct 21, 202618,285032,20856.8%
Oct 20, 202623,34720053,41543.7%
Oct 19, 202635,918068,26252.6%
Oct 16, 202615,166034,93043.4%
Oct 15, 202619,088049,54638.5%
Oct 14, 202624,635043,10357.2%
Oct 13, 202616,776030,47055.1%
Oct 12, 202631,492063,18049.8%
Oct 9, 202625,335044,15657.4%
Oct 8, 202615,999034,75946.0%
Oct 7, 202640,242055,30372.8%
Oct 6, 202627,728055,36650.1%
Oct 5, 202628,542064,61244.2%
Oct 2, 202637,2950115,01532.4%
Oct 1, 202638,65530133,03029.1%
Sep 30, 202627,934060,37346.3%

ATS (dark pool) volume

Weekly volume on alternative trading systems (ATS) and other off-exchange (OTC) venues, from FINRA, for the last 12 weeks. ATS share is ATS volume ÷ (ATS + OTC volume), not a share of all trading.

Weekly ATS and OTC volume in BUI
Week ofTierATS sharesATS tradesOther OTC sharesOther OTC tradesATS share
Oct 5, 2026T244,450483215,5771,48617.1%
Sep 28, 2026T285,613989367,7921,98818.9%
Sep 21, 2026T231,430416243,7881,65311.4%
Sep 14, 2026T238,997343241,0111,71113.9%
Sep 7, 2026T249,668424206,4441,19319.4%
Aug 31, 2026T253,495394166,9431,48524.3%
Aug 24, 2026T246,088406191,7091,19319.4%
Aug 17, 2026T227,354312185,6431,25912.8%
Aug 10, 2026T219,346237184,0741,3129.5%
Aug 3, 2026T262,365619223,2491,54621.8%
Jul 27, 2026T251,920677125,4241,20129.3%
Jul 20, 2026T236,692516139,3091,08120.8%