Market statistics
ASX Short Selling Statistics
$88.0 billion is currently short-sold across 3000 ASX-listed companies, as of — based on official ASIC short position reports.
Short positions against the big four banks (ANZ, CBA, NAB, WBC) total $9.3 billion.
Total $ shorted
$88.0B
across 3000 stocks
Bank basket
$9.3B
ANZ · CBA · NAB · WBC
Avg short interest
0.45%
mean across shorted stocks
Heavily shorted
14
≥10% short (71 ≥5%)
Largest short positions by dollar value
| Code | Company | Short % | $ Shorted |
|---|---|---|---|
| RIO | Rio Tinto | 9.01% | $24.1B |
| CBA | Commonwealth Bank Of Australia. | 1.88% | $5.3B |
| BHP | Bhp Group | 1.30% | $3.9B |
| NEM | Newmont | 1.86% | $2.7B |
| WBC | Westpac Banking | 1.61% | $2.0B |
| LYC | Lynas Rare Earths | 9.69% | $1.6B |
| FMG | Fortescue | 2.45% | $1.4B |
| PLS | Pls Group | 9.29% | $1.4B |
| WDS | Woodside Energy Group | 2.50% | $1.4B |
| WES | Wesfarmers | 1.27% | $1.3B |
Ranked by estimated dollar value (short % × market capitalisation). See the full most-shorted rankings for the percentage view.
The bank short basket
Dollar value of reported short positions against Australia's big four banks — the market's highest-profile macro short.
Short interest by sector
| Industry | Stocks | Avg short % | $ Shorted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Materials | 667 | 0.41% | $42.0B |
| Banks | 11 | 1.39% | $9.7B |
| Health Care Equipment & Services | 77 | 1.14% | $5.2B |
| Energy | 105 | 0.72% | $3.3B |
| Software & Services | 94 | 0.67% | $3.1B |
| Financial Services | 72 | 0.86% | $3.1B |
| Media & Entertainment | 34 | 0.81% | $2.4B |
| Consumer Discretionary Distribution & Retail | 37 | 1.76% | $2.3B |
Biggest 4-week moves in short interest
Shorts building
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Methodology
Every trading day ASIC publishes aggregate reported short positions for ASX-listed securities with a four trading-day lag (T+4). The dollar value of a stock's short position is estimated as its reported short percentage multiplied by its market capitalisation — both derive from the same issued-share count, so the product equals shares sold short × latest price. Totals cover equities only (ETFs and debt securities are excluded) and omit 1442 stocks with reported shorts but no market-capitalisation data. Figures refresh daily when new ASIC data lands.
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