TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s top financial regulator said on Sunday it will impose temporary curbs on short-selling of shares to help deal with potential market turmoil brought about by U.S. President Donald Trump’s new import tariffs.
Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission said in a statement it would limit the number of shares that can be sold short and raise the minimum short-selling margin ratio to 130% from 90%, starting from Monday and lasting until Friday.
Taiwan’s stock market was closed last Thursday and Friday for a holiday, and reopens on Monday.
(Reporting by Faith Hung and Ben Blanchard; Editing by Edmund Klamann)
