Australian short selling: week 3, 2025

From 13 Jan 2025 to 17 Jan 2025, 698 Australia companies had disclosed short positions across 5 publication days. Changes are percentage points (pp) of units on issue, between each company's last figure before the week and its last figure of the week, from official ASIC data.

Biggest rises

Company	Start	End	Change (pp)
VANECK AU SUBD BOND ETF UNITS	0.17%	1.43%	+1.26
BETAAUSGOVBONDETF ETF UNITS	0.10%	0.78%	+0.68
BETA BSUB ETF ETF UNITS	0.04%	0.64%	+0.60
BOSS ENERGY LTD	18.27%	18.84%	+0.57
NIB HOLDINGS LIMITED	3.00%	3.47%	+0.47
WHITEHAVEN COAL	2.65%	3.12%	+0.47
DOMINO PIZZA ENTERPR	13.12%	13.55%	+0.43
CETTIRE	7.46%	7.89%	+0.43
VANECK INTL VALUE ETF UNITS	0.05%	0.44%	+0.39
ENDEAVOUR	6.53%	6.91%	+0.38

Biggest falls

Company	Start	End	Change (pp)
AUSGOV TREASURY BOND TB 3.50% 12-34 6M	132.54%	127.97%	−4.57
KAROON ENERGY LTD	10.31%	9.50%	−0.81
VECTION TECHNOLOGIES	0.58%	0.00%	−0.58
JOHNS LYNG GROUP	9.09%	8.59%	−0.50
CAPSTONECORP CDI1:1FOREXEMPT TSX	1.89%	1.40%	−0.49
PALADIN ENERGY LTD	16.00%	15.55%	−0.45
FLIGHT CENTRE TRAVEL	4.81%	4.45%	−0.36
MINERAL RESOURCES.	12.88%	12.54%	−0.34
VANECK INTL REIT ETF UNITS	0.40%	0.06%	−0.34
LIONTOWN LIMITED	10.22%	9.88%	−0.34

New disclosures

QUEENSLAND TREASURY 5% LN 21-JUL-37, first disclosed figure 2.34%
TREASURY CORPORATION 2.00% LN 20-NOV-37, first disclosed figure 0.75%
SOUTHGOLD CONSOL CDI 1:1, first disclosed figure 0.10%

Left the dataset

Last published by the ASIC this week, and in no publication since: the figure shown is the one each carried in that final publication. Leaving usually means the position fell below the disclosure threshold, not that shorting stopped entirely.

M3MININGLIMITED, last figure 0.00% on 16 Jan 2025
ACUMENTIS GROUP LTD, last figure 0.00% on 17 Jan 2025

Most shorted at week end

AUSGOV TREASURY BOND TB 3.50% 12-34 6M, 127.97%
BOSS ENERGY LTD, 18.84%
PALADIN ENERGY LTD, 15.55%
PLS GROUP LTD, 13.60%
DOMINO PIZZA ENTERPR, 13.55%

Full table: most shorted Australian stocks.