SGX may make short-sellers identify their trades - Future and Options Intelligence

SGX may make short-sellers identify their trades 26 Jul 2010

To promote market transparency, Singapore Exchange is proposing new rules and measures to provide more information on short selling of shares and bonds.

The proposed rule would require all sell orders to be marked as either normal or a short sale. SGX is seeking public comment. With the collated data, SGX wants to report short sales volume and value by share for each trading day.

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SGX may make short-sellers identify their trades 26 Jul 2010

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