China brokerages suspend short-selling

After China's two main stock exchanges ban intraday short-selling, Citic and Huatai voluntarily suspend the practice altogether.
August 05, 2015

Several Chinese securities houses, including Citic Securities, the country’s largest broker by assets, have voluntarily suspended short-selling of stocks after China's securities regulator moved to clamp down on the practice.

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