Search Results for: China Securities Regulatory Commission
China stock exchanges step up crackdown on short-selling
August 4th, 2015
China stepped up its crackdown on short-selling of shares on Tuesday, unveiling rules that make it harder for speculators to profit from hourly price changes, as some of the nation’s major brokerages suspended their short-selling businesses. China’s stock exchanges ...
Securities watchdog probes automated trading
August 3rd, 2015
China‘s securities watchdog is investigating the impact of automated trading on share markets, as authorities step up a crackdown on what they regard as heavy speculative selling that could destabilize the world’s second-largest economy. China’s main share markets, both ...
China makes FX rules ready for foreigners to trade its commodity futures
August 3rd, 2015
Foreign investors will be allowed to transfer either foreign currency or yuan funds into China to trade in the country’s commodity futures markets, the foreign exchange regulator said on Friday. The imminent opening of its booming commodity futures market ...
Citadel Says One of Its China Accounts Was Suspended
August 3rd, 2015
A Guosen Futures account suspended amid Chinese regulators’ probe following recent stock market plunge U.S.-based hedge fund firm Citadel LLC said trading in one of the accounts it manages in China has been suspended, as regulators battle a steep ...
Gold tumbles to more than five-year low, China shares fall
July 20th, 2015
Gold tumbled to a more than five-year low Monday, and China shares drifted lower after authorities’ weekend move to tighten the use of informal lending channels by stock investors. Gold GCQ5, -2.31% fell 2.3% from its opening price Monday ...
China stocks rise after Beijing slaps curbs on selling
July 9th, 2015
Chinese stocks rallied on Thursday after the securities regulator banned shareholders with large stakes in listed firms from selling, in Beijing’s most drastic step yet to stem a sell-off that has roiled global financial markets. As the daily drumbeat ...
Asian stocks fall in volatile trade as China index seesaws
July 9th, 2015
Asian stocks markets were volatile on Thursday as China’s main index seesawed after a prolonged sell-off while Hong Kong’s benchmark rebounded strongly. KEEPING SCORE: The Shanghai Composite Index in mainland China fell more than 3 percent in the first ...
China Bans Stock Sales by Major Shareholders for Six Months
July 8th, 2015
China’s securities regulator banned major shareholders, corporate executives and directors from selling stakes in listed companies for six months, its latest effort to stop the nation’s $3.5 trillion stock-market rout. Investors with stakes exceeding 5 percent must maintain their ...
China Freezes Trading in 1,300 Companies, Locking Up 40% of Market Cap
July 8th, 2015
A wave of Chinese companies halted trading in their shares and regulators unveiled new measures to prop up the value of small-cap stocks in the latest attempts to stem a rout that’s wiped more than $3.5 trillion of value. ...
China stocks plunge as market rout deepens
July 3rd, 2015
China‘s main stock benchmark plunged more than 5 percent Friday as government stabilizing measures failed to reassure panicky investors while other Asian indexes fell ahead of Greece‘s weekend austerity referendum. KEEPING SCORE: The Shanghai Composite Index in mainland China ...
