Australian short selling: week 33, 2025
From 11 Aug 2025 to 15 Aug 2025, 686 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOSS ENERGY LTD | 19.41% | 22.07% | +2.66 |
| ALPHA HPA LTD | 2.80% | 3.94% | +1.14 |
| VULCAN ENERGY | 5.19% | 6.13% | +0.94 |
| LIGHT & WONDER INC. CDI 1:1 | 1.08% | 2.00% | +0.92 |
| HEALIUS | 5.21% | 6.07% | +0.86 |
| GUZMAN Y GOMEZ LTD | 7.19% | 7.97% | +0.78 |
| VISTA GROUP INT LTD | 0.02% | 0.79% | +0.77 |
| THE STAR ENT GRP | 6.64% | 7.36% | +0.72 |
| AGL ENERGY LIMITED. | 2.66% | 3.37% | +0.71 |
| MONASH IVF GROUP LTD | 4.62% | 5.29% | +0.67 |
Biggest falls
| Company | Start | End | Change (pp) |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEWS CORP.. A NON-VOTING CDI 1:1 | 43.33% | 0.30% | −43.03 |
| LIONTOWN LIMITED | 12.56% | 7.29% | −5.27 |
| SILEX SYSTEMS | 13.71% | 8.94% | −4.77 |
| CLINUVEL PHARMACEUT. | 8.08% | 5.43% | −2.65 |
| BETA QETH ETF ETF UNITS | 2.93% | 1.11% | −1.82 |
| ALKANE RESOURCES LTD | 3.12% | 1.63% | −1.49 |
| MINERAL RESOURCES. | 12.79% | 11.54% | −1.25 |
| LYNAS RARE EARTHS | 4.79% | 3.85% | −0.94 |
| IGO LIMITED | 6.28% | 5.39% | −0.89 |
| ORORA LIMITED | 4.30% | 3.49% | −0.81 |
New disclosures
- XSTATE RESOURCES DEFERRED SETTLEMENT, first disclosed figure 0.17%
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.
- XSTATE RESOURCES DEFERRED SETTLEMENT, last figure 0.17% on 11 Aug 2025
- TOYS R US, last figure 0.06% on 13 Aug 2025
- OCEANALITHIUMLIMITED, last figure 0.01% on 15 Aug 2025
- PEAK MINERALS LTD, last figure 0.00% on 11 Aug 2025
Most shorted at week end
- BOSS ENERGY LTD, 22.07%
- PALADIN ENERGY LTD, 18.39%
- PLS GROUP LTD, 15.34%
- IDP EDUCATION LTD, 13.62%
- POLYNOVO LIMITED, 11.67%
Full table: most shorted Australian stocks.