RIO TINTO LIMITED short interest in 2018

In 2018, RIO TINTO LIMITED's disclosed short interest ran from 5.51% of units on issue on 2 Jan 2018 to 3.53% on 31 Dec 2018, a change of -1.98 percentage points. The year's high was 6.32% on 15 Feb 2018 and its low 1.47% on 6 Sep 2018, averaging 3.70% across 253 trading days. Full history: RIO TINTO LIMITED.

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Plain

Short position data for RIO TINTO LIMITED short interest in 2018: ASIC, compiled by howshorted.com, trade date 31 Dec 2018. https://howshorted.com/au/company/rio/2018/

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<ref>{{cite web |title=RIO TINTO LIMITED short interest in 2018 short position data |url=https://howshorted.com/au/company/rio/2018/ |website=HowShorted |publisher=howshorted.com (data: ASIC) |date=2018-12-31 |access-date=2026-10-13}}</ref>

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@misc{howshorted-rio-tinto-limited-short-interest-in-2018-2018-12-31,
  title        = {RIO TINTO LIMITED short interest in 2018 short position data},
  author       = {{HowShorted}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://howshorted.com/au/company/rio/2018/}},
  note         = {Data: ASIC, trade date 31 Dec 2018; accessed 2026-10-13},
  year         = {2018}
}

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2018 in figures

Start of year: 5.51% (2 Jan 2018)
End of year: 3.53% (31 Dec 2018)
Change: -1.98 pp
High: 6.32% (15 Feb 2018)
Low: 1.47% (6 Sep 2018)
Average: 3.70%

Month by month in 2018

RIO TINTO LIMITED short interest in 2018
Month	Month end	Month high	Trade dates
January	5.45%	5.93% (15 Jan 2018)	21
February	5.75%	6.32% (15 Feb 2018)	20
March	5.09%	5.59% (1 Mar 2018)	21
April	5.02%	5.07% (4 Apr 2018)	19
May	3.97%	5.12% (1 May 2018)	23
June	2.82%	3.94% (8 Jun 2018)	20
July	1.98%	2.80% (10 Jul 2018)	22
August	1.55%	2.06% (3 Aug 2018)	23
September	2.62%	2.66% (26 Sep 2018)	20
October	2.31%	2.61% (2 Oct 2018)	23
November	3.38%	4.17% (14 Nov 2018)	22
December	3.53%	3.96% (12 Dec 2018)	19

About this data

Figures are disclosed positions as published by the ASIC; positions below the disclosure threshold are not public, so published figures are a floor. Not affiliated with the ASIC. Nothing here is investment advice. Method: methodology.