Australian short selling: week 43, 2025
From 20 Oct 2025 to 24 Oct 2025, 725 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| GLOBALX GOLD BULLION ETF UNITS | 0.62% | 2.72% | +2.10 |
| BOSS ENERGY LTD | 20.96% | 22.98% | +2.02 |
| PWR HOLDINGS LIMITED | 10.21% | 11.64% | +1.43 |
| MCMILLAN SHAKESPEARE | 1.71% | 3.07% | +1.36 |
| GX CHINA TECH ETF ETF UNITS | 0.40% | 1.71% | +1.31 |
| BRAINCHIP LTD | 4.58% | 5.89% | +1.31 |
| BETA XMET ETF UNITS | 0.66% | 1.85% | +1.19 |
| OPTHEA LIMITED | 1.93% | 2.90% | +0.97 |
| BLUESCOPE STEEL LTD | 4.05% | 4.94% | +0.89 |
| REECE LIMITED | 2.23% | 3.12% | +0.89 |
Biggest falls
| Company | Start | End | Change (pp) |
|---|---|---|---|
| VANECK LONG SHORT ETF UNITS | 3.04% | 0.03% | −3.01 |
| JPM INC ACT ETF (MF) JPM INC ACT ETF | 2.54% | 0.01% | −2.53 |
| QUALITASLIMITED | 2.09% | 0.01% | −2.08 |
| PLS GROUP LTD | 17.45% | 16.05% | −1.40 |
| VANECK GLBL HLTH LDR ETF UNITS | 1.13% | 0.00% | −1.13 |
| JOHNS LYNG GROUP | 1.14% | 0.17% | −0.97 |
| ILUKA RESOURCES | 11.44% | 10.58% | −0.86 |
| MINERAL RESOURCES. | 9.61% | 8.77% | −0.84 |
| GRAINCORP LIMITED A CLASS | 0.92% | 0.11% | −0.81 |
| MONASH IVF GROUP LTD | 3.94% | 3.25% | −0.69 |
New disclosures
- AUREKA LIMITED, first disclosed figure 0.06%
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.
- JOHNS LYNG GROUP, last figure 0.17% on 23 Oct 2025
- AUREKA LIMITED, last figure 0.06% on 23 Oct 2025
- FUTURE METALS NL, last figure 0.03% on 23 Oct 2025
- COMPUMEDICS LIMITED, last figure 0.01% on 22 Oct 2025
- BETA ELECTRIC V ETF ETF UNITS, last figure 0.01% on 21 Oct 2025
- AUSGOV TREASURY BOND TB 0.25% 11-25 6M, last figure 0.01% on 23 Oct 2025
- AXP ENERGY LTD, last figure 0.01% on 23 Oct 2025
- WESTAR RESOURCES, last figure 0.01% on 24 Oct 2025
- BELARAROXLIMITED, last figure 0.00% on 24 Oct 2025
- CYCLONE METALS, last figure 0.00% on 20 Oct 2025
Most shorted at week end
- BOSS ENERGY LTD, 22.98%
- PLS GROUP LTD, 16.05%
- DOMINO PIZZA ENTERPR, 14.54%
- GUZMAN Y GOMEZ LTD, 12.64%
- PALADIN ENERGY LTD, 12.16%
Full table: most shorted Australian stocks.