Down under, the drumbeat never stops.
ASIC's short-position routine continues its T+4 publications, and the late-August tops paint a familiar picture of concentrated bearish bets on the ASX.
Late-August leaders
| Company (ASX) | Reported short (% of float) | |---|---| | Lotus Resources (LOT) | ~17% | | DroneShield (DRO) | ~15% | | Domino's (DMP) | ~12.6% | | 4DMedical (4DX) | ~12.4% | | CAR Group | ~12% |
Lotus Resources leads the book at roughly 17%, with DroneShield — the defence-tech darling — close behind at ~15%. Domino's, 4DMedical and CAR Group round out a top five all sitting above 12%.
How ASIC reports
ASIC publishes reported short positions on a T+4 basis — a lagged, aggregate disclosure regime rather than an intraday borrow feed. The figures above are secondary coverage of the late-August tops; the primary file lives on ASIC's short-position reports table.
Source: ASIC — Short position reports table
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