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ASX Short Interest Weekly (Oct 16th): Transurban, ANZ, Hub24, Vicinity Centres Re, Qbe Insurance

16 Oct 2026 By Ke Yan, CFA, FRM
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Abstract: We analyzed changes in short interest of ASX stocks as of Oct 16th. The aggregated short interest was USD50,889m, compared to USD51,420m a week ago. Short interest decreased by 1.0% last week while the ASX200 index increased by 1.0%. Transurban led increases, up 16.2% in short value to US$719m, followed by ANZ, up 13.6% to US$1,350m, and Vicinity Centres Re, up 13.3% to US$338m. On the decrease side, Rio Tinto's short value fell 10.3% to US$3,602m and Qbe Insurance also saw short interest decline over the week.

Hub24 (HUB AU) Transurban (TCL AU) ANZ (ANZ AU) Qbe Insurance (QBE AU) Vicinity Centres Re (VCX AU)

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Hub24, Transurban, ANZ, Qbe Insurance, Vicinity Centres Re

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