Australian short selling: week 5, 2026

From 27 Jan 2026 to 30 Jan 2026, 779 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)
VANECK 1-5 YR GOV ETF UNITS	0.00%	7.83%	+7.83
LOTUS RESOURCES LTD	0.02%	7.55%	+7.53
ISHARES BITCOIN ETF UNITS	4.33%	7.45%	+3.12
AU CLINICAL LABS	2.52%	4.05%	+1.53
MAYNE PHARMA LTD	1.43%	2.49%	+1.06
IPH LIMITED	9.97%	10.93%	+0.96
BETA GLOBAL ENERGY ETF UNITS	0.65%	1.58%	+0.93
ACCENT GROUP LTD	5.02%	5.94%	+0.92
INGHAMS GROUP	5.58%	6.49%	+0.91
HEALIUS	4.15%	5.03%	+0.88

Biggest falls

Company	Start	End	Change (pp)
LOTUS RESOURCES LTD DEFERRED SETTLEMENT	6.97%	3.45%	−3.52
DRONESHIELD LIMITED	10.05%	8.31%	−1.74
SPDR DJ GBL REIT ESG ETF UNITS	1.79%	0.05%	−1.74
IDP EDUCATION LTD	12.84%	11.57%	−1.27
WEST AFRICAN RES LTD	1.22%	0.24%	−0.98
ISHS GLOB HEALTH ETF ETF UNITS	0.89%	0.00%	−0.89
TEMPLE & WEBSTER LTD	1.52%	0.69%	−0.83
APPEN LIMITED	2.77%	2.06%	−0.71
ELECTRO OPTIC SYS.	1.65%	0.97%	−0.68
ZIP CO LTD..	5.54%	4.99%	−0.55

New disclosures

GX SLVM ETF ETF UNITS, first disclosed figure 12.20%
QUAY GREF UNHEDGED ETF UNITS, first disclosed figure 0.01%
TEMASRESOURCESCORP. 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.

ELEMENTOS LIMITED, last figure 0.00% on 27 Jan 2026
MOUNT RIDLEY MINES, last figure 0.00% on 27 Jan 2026
TRIBUNE RES LTD, last figure 0.00% on 30 Jan 2026

Most shorted at week end

Full table: most shorted Australian stocks.