Ophir, http://www.shortman.com.au/stock?q=Sbm will tell you if...

Ophir,

http://www.shortman.com.au/stock?q=Sbm  will tell you if SBM was shorted and by what degree.

Shorting is an intrinsic part of the market place as outlined in this SMH article from earlier this year.


http://www.smh.com.au/business/mark...g-short-westpac-targeted-20170222-guj633.html

A couple of quotes

"Short interest for companies in Australia's S&P/ASX 200 Index on average accounts for 3.7 per cent
of the shares freely traded, compared with 1.8 per cent for stocks on Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index, according to IHS Markit data. That's also higher than the 2.1 per cent on Japan's Nikkei 225 Stock Average and 2.7 per cent for the S&P 500 Index in the US."

And


"For Chad Slater, co-founder of Morphic Asset Management, Australia "is one of the best places in the world to short -- hands down." It doesn't have transaction taxes like in the UK and Taiwan, and it's easy to find stocks to borrow, he said, a crucial part of the short-selling process. "It ticks every box," he said."

Regards
Callex