UK short selling: week 40, 2026

From 28 Sep 2026 to 2 Oct 2026, 426 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)
CERES POWER HOLDINGS PLC	13.69%	15.11%	+1.42
Inchcape Plc	2.78%	3.96%	+1.18
Johnson Service Group Plc	2.94%	4.11%	+1.17
WEIR GROUP PLC(THE)	7.37%	8.52%	+1.15
SAVILLS PLC	0.70%	1.82%	+1.12
SPIRE HEALTHCARE GROUP PLC	2.23%	3.00%	+0.77
Pan African Resources Plc	6.57%	7.34%	+0.77
CVS Group Plc	5.36%	6.08%	+0.72
SIGMAROC PLC	5.54%	6.26%	+0.72
SUPERMARKET INCOME REIT PLC	1.58%	2.25%	+0.67

Biggest falls

Company	Start	End	Change (pp)
Vistry Group PLC	15.62%	13.34%	−2.28
CARD FACTORY PLC	2.48%	1.17%	−1.31
IBSTOCK PLC	16.22%	14.97%	−1.25
ASHTEAD TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PLC	5.59%	4.37%	−1.22
SPIE SA	5.45%	4.25%	−1.20
TAYLOR WIMPEY PLC	9.94%	8.83%	−1.11
JUDGES SCIENTIFIC PLC	1.28%	0.27%	−1.01
Evonik Industries AG	3.85%	2.86%	−0.99
TRAVIS PERKINS PLC	7.48%	6.50%	−0.98
NCC GROUP PLC	7.53%	6.58%	−0.95

New disclosures

NN GROUP N.V., first disclosed figure 0.22%
HARWORTH GROUP PLC, first disclosed figure 0.20%
NEXTENERGY SOLAR FUND LIMITED, first disclosed figure 0.20%

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.

RENISHAW P L C, last figure 0.29% on 29 Sep 2026
JUDGES SCIENTIFIC PLC, last figure 0.27% on 1 Oct 2026
NN GROUP N.V., last figure 0.22% on 2 Oct 2026

Most shorted at week end

Full table: most shorted UK stocks.