Australian short selling: week 41, 2026

From 5 Oct 2026 to 7 Oct 2026, 853 Australia companies had disclosed short positions across 3 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)
ISHARES WXOZ MTM ETF ISHARES WXOZ MTM ETF	0.98%	3.70%	+2.72
VANG GLB TECH ETF ETF UNITS	0.28%	2.63%	+2.35
BETA GLOBAL HEALTH ETF UNITS	0.23%	1.53%	+1.30
ARTRYALIMITED	8.33%	9.51%	+1.18
ELSIGHT LTD	3.03%	3.95%	+0.92
BETAGBLCTHVALUESETF ETF UNITS	0.48%	1.38%	+0.90
L1 INTERNATIONAL ETF UNITS	0.00%	0.73%	+0.73
VANG DIV AL GR ETF ETF UNITS	0.08%	0.80%	+0.72
BOUNTY OIL & GAS NL	0.00%	0.68%	+0.68
VANG DIVFY INC ETF ETF UNITS	0.05%	0.73%	+0.68

Biggest falls

Company	Start	End	Change (pp)
ISHSULTB ETF UNITS	26.59%	2.16%	−24.43
MQ CORE GLBL EQ HDG ETF UNITS	11.87%	0.53%	−11.34
BETAFTSE100HEDGED ETF UNITS	6.34%	0.18%	−6.16
TREASURY CORPORATION 4.75% LN 15-SEP-36	6.50%	2.39%	−4.11
JPMJHPI ETF UNITS	1.76%	0.28%	−1.48
KAROON ENERGY LTD	4.17%	3.23%	−0.94
VANECK CASH PLUS ETF UNITS	1.87%	0.96%	−0.91
EQ RESOURCES LIMITED	2.22%	1.42%	−0.80
STH CRS ELECT ENGNR	3.36%	2.56%	−0.80
ALCOA CORPORATION CDI 1:1 FOR. EXEMPT	3.51%	2.77%	−0.74

New disclosures

VANECK RARE EARTH ETF UNITS, first disclosed figure 1.01%
SEEDSFIF ETF UNITS, first disclosed figure 0.17%
FSI GEARED AUS ETF ETF UNITS, first disclosed figure 0.10%
LOFTUS PEAK GDH ETF ETF UNITS, first disclosed figure 0.03%
AVNT AVNG ETF UNITS, first disclosed figure 0.02%
PEAKO LIMITED, first disclosed figure 0.01%

Most shorted at week end

Full table: most shorted Australian stocks.