ASX Short Interest Weekly (Oct 23rd): Charter Hall, Steadfast, Brambles, Coles, Ventia Services

Abstract: We analyzed changes in short interest of ASX stocks as of October 23rd. The aggregated short interest was USD52.7bn, up 3.6% from USD50.9bn a week earlier, while the ASX200 index decreased 0.1% over the same week. Short interest increased most at Charter Hall, up 86.1% in value with short as a multiple of ADT rising 4.7x to 11.4x, Steadfast, down 38.3% in value and down 5.9x in ADT multiple to 9.1x, Brambles, up 31.7% in value and 1.6x in ADT multiple to 9.2x, Coles, and Ventia Services. Commonwealth Bank Of Australia remained the most shorted stock by value at USD5,202m, up USD546m over the week, followed by Rio Tinto at USD3,415m, down USD187m, and BHP at USD3,244m, down USD152m.