Spain Bans Short Selling for A Month on Coronavirus Plunge
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Spain’s securities regulator banned short selling for a month in an attempt to shield local stocks from the volatility caused by the coronavirus outbreak.
The decision “has been taken due to the extreme volatility taking hold of European securities markets, including those based in Spain, their performance in the context of the situation arisen as a result of the virus COVID-19 and the risk of disorderly trading taking place in the following weeks,” the CNMV regulator said in an emailed statement late on Monday. “Another factor considered has been the consequences of the announcement of the state of emergency.”