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ASX Short Positions

Thursday 21 August 2014

Position date: Thursday 21 August 2014. ASIC publishes aggregated short positions with a T+4 delay. This snapshot includes shares, ETFs, debt and other securities with reported positive short positions. Their issued-product denominators differ, so percentages across instrument types are not directly comparable. The filtered top-shorts list excludes ETFs, debt and other non-equity instruments; ranks and counts can differ. Read the data methodology.

Securities with Short Positions
475
Highest Short %
17.51%
QRE
Securities Displayed
50
Of 475 reported securities

Top 50 Shorted Securities

Rank
Security
Short %
1
QRE
Betashares ASX Res Etf
Instrument type: ETF
17.51%
2
AGO
Atlas Iron
15.57%
3
ACR
Acrux
15.30%
4
COH
Cochlear
15.10%
5
NWSLV
News
Instrument type: other
13.42%
6
MTS
Metcash
13.21%
7
MYR
Myer Holdings
12.36%
8
JBH
Jb Hi-Fi
11.69%
9
NWS
News
11.20%
10
PDN
Paladin Energy
10.78%
11
TRS
The Reject Shop
10.78%
12
BKN
Bradken
10.62%
13
NXT
Nextdc
10.02%
14
ILU
Iluka Resources
9.83%
15
CAB
Cabcharge Australia
9.37%
16
DSH
Dshe Holdings
9.00%
17
ALQ
Als
8.98%
18
RRL
Regis Resources
8.41%
19
MND
Monadelphous Group
8.35%
20
MIN
Mineral Resources
8.26%
21
WHC
Whitehaven Coal
8.26%
22
KAR
Karoon Energy
7.91%
23
UGL
UGL
7.75%
24
ASL
Andean Silver
7.54%
25
BLY
Boart Longyear Group
7.42%
26
MSB
Mesoblast
7.30%
27
FMG
Fortescue
7.20%
28
NUF
Nufarm
6.78%
29
MTU
M2 Grp
6.74%
30
SGT
Singapore Telecomm. Chess Depositary Int
6.47%
31
BRU
Buru Energy
6.15%
32
WSA
Western Areas
6.07%
33
VET
Vocation
5.94%
34
VRT
Virtus Health
5.85%
35
LYC
Lynas Rare Earths
5.82%
36
OZL
Oz Minerals
5.72%
37
FLT
Flight Centre Travel Group
5.51%
38
TEN
Ten Network Holdings
5.42%
39
GNC
Graincorp
5.39%
40
IVC
Invocare
5.35%
41
GWA
Gwa Group
5.29%
42
SGM
Sims
5.20%
43
SPL
Starpharma Holdings
5.07%
44
RFG
Retail Food Group
4.94%
45
DOW
Downer Edi
4.84%
46
TSE
Transfield Services
4.77%
47
BND
Bandanna Energy
4.59%
48
IIN
Iinet
4.57%
49
ANN
Ansell
4.57%
50
CDD
Cardno
4.53%
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