Shorts have Paramount Resources in their crosshairs based on Thursday's IIROC short report. The stock has seen its short position jump by 987,869 shares and now totals 7,352,444 shares representing 10.3% of the stock's float. The short data is as of March 15th as reported by market participants to IIROC.
Top 10 Canadian Stocks Shorted as of March 15, 2019*
| Stock | Shares Short | % Float | Change | Insiders | ||
| 1 | HLF | High Liner Foods | 3,306,417 | 16.30% | -0.89% | Mixed |
| 2 | L | Loblaw Companies | 12,147,867 | 10.86% | -0.23% | Cloudy |
| 3 | CJT | Cargojet | 1,256,916 | 10.73% | 0.68% | Mixed |
| 4 | POU | Paramount Res. | 7,352,444 | 10.33% | 1.39% | Mostly Sunny |
| 5 | SSL | Sandstorm Gold | 17,682,915 | 10.32% | -0.01% | Cloudy |
| 6 | GWO | Great-West Lifeco | 27,126,617 | 9.77% | 0.13% | Mostly Sunny |
| 7 | ALEF | Aleafia Health | 13,821,391 | 9.73% | 3.85% | Mixed |
| 8 | ACQ | AutoCanada | 2,529,517 | 9.26% | 0.57% | Mixed |
| 9 | TMD | Titan Medical | 1,960,970 | 9.21% | 3.97% | Mixed |
| 10 | LB | Laurentian Bank | 3,837,148 | 9.13% | 1.64% | Mixed |
*Stocks trading over $1.
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