UK short selling: week 35, 2026

From 24 Aug 2026 to 28 Aug 2026, 423 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.

Biggest rises

Company	Start	End	Change (pp)
WEIR GROUP PLC(THE)	5.01%	6.13%	+1.12
COATS GROUP PLC	3.09%	3.89%	+0.80
Trainline PLC	4.28%	5.00%	+0.72
Pan African Resources Plc	2.76%	3.44%	+0.68
CERES POWER HOLDINGS PLC	11.31%	11.99%	+0.68
SMITHS GROUP PLC	1.00%	1.61%	+0.61
HUNTING PLC	1.86%	2.45%	+0.59
Kardex Holding AG	1.87%	2.46%	+0.59
SPIE SA	4.73%	5.29%	+0.56
Siegfried Holding AG	5.35%	5.90%	+0.55

Biggest falls

Company	Start	End	Change (pp)
Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC	5.11%	3.79%	−1.32
Pinewood Technologies Group Plc	8.80%	7.74%	−1.06
Vistry Group PLC	19.94%	18.92%	−1.02
NCC GROUP PLC	4.81%	3.86%	−0.95
HAYS PLC	4.16%	3.25%	−0.91
Wizz Air Holdings PLC	11.52%	10.72%	−0.80
AUCTION TECHNOLOGY GROUP PLC	3.59%	2.80%	−0.79
WPP PLC	6.14%	5.42%	−0.72
Diversified Energy Company	7.18%	6.51%	−0.67
BYTES TECHNOLOGY GROUP PLC	5.20%	4.54%	−0.66

New disclosures

JPMorgan Global Growth & Income PLC, first disclosed figure 0.23%
PUBLIC POLICY HOLDING COMPANY, INC., first disclosed figure 0.21%

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.

Gooch & Housego PLC, last figure 0.58% on 26 Aug 2026
COMPASS GROUP PLC, last figure 0.29% on 27 Aug 2026
PALACE CAPITAL PLC, last figure 0.20% on 28 Aug 2026

Most shorted at week end

Full table: most shorted UK stocks.