TEMPORARY BAN ON SHORT-SELLING OF STOCKS – SOUTH KOREA

Highlights –

• Temporary ban on short-selling stocks in the South Korean market
• FSC Korea and Korea Exchange to discuss defense measure for the market
• COVID-19 impact fear on the economy

Due to excessive fear of COVID-19 outbreak, South Korea’s financial regulators have decided to temporarily ban short-selling. This is to prevent abnormal crash in the stock ma....