South Korea Aims to End Short-Selling Ban on All Stocks in March

South Korea’s top financial regulator said it plans to lift the ban on short selling at the end of March and will ensure that necessary rule revisions are in place by then.

The objective is to allow the strategy across all equities, not just in a limited number of stocks, Financial Services Commission Chairman Kim Byoung-hwan said Thursday. While the country had previously said that the prohibition would be extended to March 30, there was uncertainty about whether the popular trading practice would resume afterward or be subject to another ban extension, and also if changes would apply to all ...