Short sellers targeting Talisman Energy (T.TLM), TSX report says

Short sellers are seeing downside risk in the shares of Talisman Energy Inc. (TSX: T.TLM, Stock Forum), according to the TSX’s latest short position report.

Between July 31, 2014 and August 15, 2014, the number of short positions on Talisman jumped by over 20 million shares to 32.2 million.

It was by far the largest increase on the TSX’s latest top 20 short position list.

By contrast the number of short positions on Barrick Gold Corp. (TSX: T.ABX, Stock Forum) dropped by 7.7 million shares to 23.1 million.

New Gold Inc. (TSX: T.NGD, Stock Forum) also saw a sharp decline, with the number of short positions falling by 3.2 million to 30.8 million.

The TSX Consolidated Short Position Report is produced twice monthly, effective on the 15th and at the end of each month.