Guide:

The Short Report draws upon data provided by the Australian Securities & Investment Commission (ASIC) to highlight significant weekly and monthly moves in short positions registered on stocks listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX).

Please take note of the Important Information provided at the end of this report. Percentage amounts in this report refer to percentage of ordinary shares on issue.

Summary:

Period: Week to, and month to, November 14, 2013.

FNArena has been faced with a dilemma this week with regard to the weekly Short Report. Having noted a sharp jump in weekly short position decreases of more than two percentage points or more in last week's report, this week has thrown up an equally sharp jump in weekly short position increases. On closer inspection, it turns out that no less than thirteen stocks registering weekly short increases of 2ppt+ this week registered short decreases of 2ppt+ last