UK short selling: week 2, 2026

From 5 Jan 2026 to 7 Jan 2026, 2 United Kingdom companies had disclosed short positions across 2 publication days. Changes are percentage points (pp) of issued share capital, between each company's last figure before the week and its last figure of the week, from official FCA data.

Biggest rises

No disclosed positions rose this week.

Biggest falls

No disclosed positions fell this week.

New disclosures

NATIONAL GRID PLC , first disclosed figure 0.29%
KITWAVE GROUP PLC , first disclosed figure 0.20%

Left the dataset

Last disclosed figure fell in this week. Leaving usually means the position dropped below the disclosure threshold, not that shorting stopped entirely.

KITWAVE GROUP PLC , last figure 0.20% on 5 Jan 2026

Most shorted at week end

NATIONAL GRID PLC , 0.29%
KITWAVE GROUP PLC , 0.20%

Full table: most shorted UK stocks.