How shorted is WESTPAC BANKING CORP NEW right now?

0.12% of WESTPAC BANKING CORP NEW's units on issue were reported as short positions for trade date 19 Nov 2015, per ASIC's daily aggregated short position report. That is 80,030 units reported short of 65,146,798 on issue.

Is WESTPAC BANKING CORP NEW one of the most shorted ASX stocks?

It is not in the ranked table at the moment: ASIC's latest report carries no ranked position for it. The most shorted ASX stocks table is updated every trading day.

What does this number include?

ASIC aggregates the short positions that all short sellers report to it daily (reporting starts at A$100,000 or 0.01% of capital), expressed as a percentage of total product in issue. It is close to a complete picture of open short positions in the product.

Why is the latest figure four days old?

ASIC publishes each trade date's aggregate on the fourth business day afterwards (T+4). We ingest each file the day it appears.

Which funds are short?

Australia's public data is aggregate-only: individual short sellers are not named in ASIC's daily report.

How shorted is WESTPAC BANKING CORP NEW? ASX:WBCN

0.12%

of units on issue reported short · trade date 19 Nov 2015

5-day change: −0.01
20-day change: –
Reported short: 80,030
Units on issue: 65,146,798

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Plain

Short position data for WESTPAC BANKING CORP NEW: ASIC, compiled by howshorted.com, trade date 19 Nov 2015. https://howshorted.com/au/company/wbcn/

Wikipedia

<ref>{{cite web |title=WESTPAC BANKING CORP NEW short position data |url=https://howshorted.com/au/company/wbcn/ |website=HowShorted |publisher=howshorted.com (data: ASIC) |date=2015-11-19 |access-date=2026-10-13}}</ref>

BibTeX

@misc{howshorted-westpac-banking-corp-new-2015-11-19,
  title        = {WESTPAC BANKING CORP NEW short position data},
  author       = {{HowShorted}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://howshorted.com/au/company/wbcn/}},
  note         = {Data: ASIC, trade date 19 Nov 2015; accessed 2026-10-13},
  year         = {2015}
}

History

Full reported short position history
Trade date	Short %	Change
19 Nov 2015	0.12%	0.00
18 Nov 2015	0.12%	0.00
17 Nov 2015	0.12%	−0.18
16 Nov 2015	0.30%	0.00
13 Nov 2015	0.30%	+0.17
12 Nov 2015	0.13%	−0.20
11 Nov 2015	0.33%	−0.28
10 Nov 2015	0.61%	+0.14
9 Nov 2015	0.47%	+0.08
6 Nov 2015	0.39%	−0.23
5 Nov 2015	0.62%	+0.17
4 Nov 2015	0.45%	−0.02
3 Nov 2015	0.47%	0.00
2 Nov 2015	0.47%	+0.17
30 Oct 2015	0.30%	+0.08
29 Oct 2015	0.22%	–

Newest first. Scroll inside the table for earlier dates, back to 29 Oct 2015.

About this data

ASX code: WBCN
First seen in dataset: 29 Oct 2015
Listing: WESTPAC BANKING CORP NEW on the ASX ↗

Short position data © Australian Securities & Investments Commission. Reproduced with permission (CC BY 4.0). We show regulatory short-position data only: no prices, no valuations, no recommendations.

Frequently asked questions

How shorted is WESTPAC BANKING CORP NEW right now?: 0.12% of WESTPAC BANKING CORP NEW's units on issue were reported as short positions for trade date 19 Nov 2015, per ASIC's daily aggregated short position report. That is 80,030 units reported short of 65,146,798 on issue.
Is WESTPAC BANKING CORP NEW one of the most shorted ASX stocks?: It is not in the ranked table at the moment: ASIC's latest report carries no ranked position for it. The most shorted ASX stocks table is updated every trading day.
What does this number include?: ASIC aggregates the short positions that all short sellers report to it daily (reporting starts at A$100,000 or 0.01% of capital), expressed as a percentage of total product in issue. It is close to a complete picture of open short positions in the product.
Why is the latest figure four days old?: ASIC publishes each trade date's aggregate on the fourth business day afterwards (T+4). We ingest each file the day it appears.
Which funds are short?: Australia's public data is aggregate-only: individual short sellers are not named in ASIC's daily report.