Australian short selling: week 12, 2026

From 16 Mar 2026 to 20 Mar 2026, 743 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)
LOTUS RESOURCES LTD	7.70%	11.04%	+3.34
4DMEDICAL LIMITED	0.40%	3.02%	+2.62
ELEVRA LITHIUM LTD	2.62%	5.20%	+2.58
ARAFURA RARE EARTHS	0.53%	2.63%	+2.10
ELECTRO OPTIC SYS.	3.08%	5.00%	+1.92
DRONESHIELD LIMITED	8.80%	10.67%	+1.87
GREATLAND RESOURCES	0.34%	2.13%	+1.79
ST BARBARA LIMITED	1.27%	3.05%	+1.78
VULCAN ENERGY	2.55%	4.02%	+1.47
METALS X LIMITED	0.04%	1.31%	+1.27

Biggest falls

Company	Start	End	Change (pp)
TREASURY WINE ESTATE	15.32%	11.93%	−3.39
ADAIRS LIMITED	5.06%	2.20%	−2.86
AUDINATEGROUPLTD	4.94%	2.79%	−2.15
STRIKE ENERGY LTD	3.32%	1.19%	−2.13
PINNACLE INVESTMENT	6.89%	4.94%	−1.95
DEEP YELLOW LIMITED	7.45%	5.64%	−1.81
DIGICO INFRASTR REIT	8.25%	6.47%	−1.78
YANCOAL AUST LTD	2.38%	0.60%	−1.78
BENDIGO AND ADELAIDE	3.88%	2.26%	−1.62
VIVA ENERGY GROUP	2.52%	0.97%	−1.55

New disclosures

SENTINEL METALS, first disclosed figure 0.05%
AUSTRALIAN COMM.LOAN 4.75% LN 21-OCT-37, first disclosed figure 0.02%

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.

REGAL PARTNERS, last figure 0.01% on 20 Mar 2026
ADVANCED ENERGY MIN, last figure 0.00% on 19 Mar 2026
CUE ENERGY RESOURCE, last figure 0.00% on 20 Mar 2026

Most shorted at week end

Full table: most shorted Australian stocks.