UK short selling: week 29, 2026
From 13 Jul 2026 to 17 Jul 2026, 436 United Kingdom companies had disclosed short positions across 5 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.
Our United Kingdom dataset begins this week, so week-over-week changes and new disclosures are not shown, because there is no earlier data to compare against.
Biggest rises
No disclosed positions rose this week.
Biggest falls
No disclosed positions fell this week.
Left the dataset
Last published by the FCA 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.
- ORACLE POWER PLC, last figure 0.34% on 14 Jul 2026
- HELICAL PLC, last figure 0.30% on 17 Jul 2026
- IRONVELD PLC, last figure 0.22% on 14 Jul 2026
- BLACKROCK SMALLER COMPANIES TRUST PLC, last figure 0.22% on 16 Jul 2026
- BP P.L.C., last figure 0.20% on 15 Jul 2026
- FRONTIER DEVELOPMENTS PLC, last figure 0.20% on 17 Jul 2026
- DFS FURNITURE PLC, last figure 0.20% on 17 Jul 2026
- SEQUOIA ECONOMIC INFRASTRUCTURE INCOME FUND LIMITED, last figure 0.20% on 14 Jul 2026
Most shorted at week end
- Vistry Group PLC, 20.89%
- IBSTOCK PLC, 18.83%
- OCADO GROUP PLC, 14.15%
- CAPITA PLC, 14.02%
- GREGGS PLC, 13.56%
Full table: most shorted UK stocks.