Australian short selling: week 3, 2026

From 12 Jan 2026 to 16 Jan 2026, 745 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 DEFENCE ETF ETF UNITS	0.22%	3.20%	+2.98
VANECK URANIUM ETF ETF UNITS	0.85%	3.52%	+2.67
TREASURY WINE ESTATE	10.33%	12.96%	+2.63
BETA GLOBAL ENERGY ETF UNITS	0.09%	1.33%	+1.24
BETA XMET ETF UNITS	0.54%	1.43%	+0.89
LYNAS RARE EARTHS	6.68%	7.45%	+0.77
IPH LIMITED	9.37%	10.05%	+0.68
MESOBLAST LIMITED	6.51%	7.12%	+0.61
CATAPULT SPORTS LTD	3.65%	4.25%	+0.60
ENDEAVOUR	5.82%	6.38%	+0.56

Biggest falls

Company	Start	End	Change (pp)
ATOMIC EAGLE	7.82%	0.06%	−7.76
AMCOR PLC CDI1:1FOREXEMPT NYSE	1.88%	0.04%	−1.84
BETAGBLSHARESEXUS ETF UNITS	1.30%	0.20%	−1.10
PWR HOLDINGS LIMITED	11.78%	10.69%	−1.09
GLOBALX GOLD BULLION ETF UNITS	0.88%	0.20%	−0.68
RIO TINTO LIMITED	7.84%	7.16%	−0.68
KAPSTREAM ACTIVE ETF KAPSTREAM ACTIVE ETF	0.68%	0.04%	−0.64
HELIA GROUP LIMITED	1.90%	1.32%	−0.58
CATALYST METALS	2.66%	2.10%	−0.56
AURA ENERGY	0.77%	0.23%	−0.54

New disclosures

ISHARES BITCOIN ETF UNITS, first disclosed figure 4.33%
AMCOR PLC CDI DEF SETTLEMENT, first disclosed figure 0.96%
GX US INFRA DEV ETF ETF UNITS, first disclosed figure 0.24%

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.

VOLTGROUPLTD, last figure 0.01% on 12 Jan 2026
CASSIUS MINING LTD, last figure 0.00% on 12 Jan 2026
CZR RESOURCES LTD, last figure 0.00% on 15 Jan 2026

Most shorted at week end

Full table: most shorted Australian stocks.