Australian short selling: week 1, 2026

From 29 Dec 2025 to 2 Jan 2026, 712 Australia companies had disclosed short positions across 4 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)
QUALITAS RE INCOME	1.85%	3.26%	+1.41
SOUTHGOLD CONSOL CDI 1:1	1.26%	2.36%	+1.10
TREASURY WINE ESTATE	8.89%	9.87%	+0.98
AU CLINICAL LABS	4.01%	4.71%	+0.70
GLOBALX GOLD BULLION ETF UNITS	0.20%	0.88%	+0.68
CLARITY PHARMA	6.13%	6.56%	+0.43
WEEBIT NANO LTD	2.07%	2.42%	+0.35
AURIZON HOLDINGS LTD	2.07%	2.40%	+0.33
IGO LIMITED	1.32%	1.65%	+0.33
MAGELLAN FIN GRP LTD	4.41%	4.71%	+0.30

Biggest falls

Company	Start	End	Change (pp)
CLINUVEL PHARMACEUT.	9.47%	6.59%	−2.88
SEVEN WEST MEDIA LTD	1.76%	0.34%	−1.42
BETA QBTC ETF ETF UNITS	1.48%	0.09%	−1.39
ALPHA HPA LTD	4.28%	3.14%	−1.14
STRIKE ENERGY LTD	4.30%	3.46%	−0.84
BOSS ENERGY LTD	20.41%	19.70%	−0.71
ELECTRO OPTIC SYS.	2.61%	2.14%	−0.47
FELIX GOLD LIMITED	0.44%	0.00%	−0.44
BETA XMET ETF UNITS	0.61%	0.21%	−0.40
VIVA ENERGY GROUP	2.81%	2.49%	−0.32

New disclosures

STHN CROSS MEDIA DEF EX SWM, first disclosed figure 0.43%
TERRACOM LTD RIGHTS 12-JAN-26, first disclosed figure 0.10%
BMC MINERALS LTD CDI 1:1, first disclosed figure 0.00%

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.

SECURELINK NETWORKS, last figure 0.12% on 29 Dec 2025
VAULT MINERALS LTD DEFERRED SETTLEMENT, last figure 0.01% on 2 Jan 2026
STELARMETALSLIMITED, last figure 0.01% on 2 Jan 2026
INFINI RESOURCES LTD, last figure 0.00% on 29 Dec 2025
BEAMTREE HOLDINGS, last figure 0.00% on 2 Jan 2026

Most shorted at week end

Full table: most shorted Australian stocks.