Thailand’s SET Imposes Emergency Rules: Short Selling Banned Apr 8-11

- Thailand bans short-selling temporarily to reduce market volatility.
- Emergency measures are in effect from April 8 to April 11, 2025.
- Bitcoin crashed to $74K today, with traders facing over $1.46 billion in liquidation.
Thailand’s Stock Exchange (SET) will temporarily ban the short-selling of all securities and reduce daily price limits, starting tomorrow, April 8th through April 11th. This emergency action addresses significant market volatility linked to recent shifts in global tariff policies.
Both SET and the Thailand Futures Exchange (TFEX) approved the temporary measures late Monday to curb excessive price swings driven by global trade uncertainties and give investors time to assess conditions, according to reports confirmed by Bloomberg.
Emergency Trading Rules Enacted
For context, short-selling involves borrowing shares to sell them at a high price and then repurchasing them later at a lower price to make a profit. In light of market stress, Thailand has temporarily suspended the practice to reduce volatility.
SET’s Board of Governors approved a set of emergency trading rules, which TFEX swiftly adopted. These measures are to stabilize t…
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Thailand’s SET Imposes Emergency Rules: Short Selling Banned Apr 8-11

- Thailand bans short-selling temporarily to reduce market volatility.
- Emergency measures are in effect from April 8 to April 11, 2025.
- Bitcoin crashed to $74K today, with traders facing over $1.46 billion in liquidation.
Thailand’s Stock Exchange (SET) will temporarily ban the short-selling of all securities and reduce daily price limits, starting tomorrow, April 8th through April 11th. This emergency action addresses significant market volatility linked to recent shifts in global tariff policies.
Both SET and the Thailand Futures Exchange (TFEX) approved the temporary measures late Monday to curb excessive price swings driven by global trade uncertainties and give investors time to assess conditions, according to reports confirmed by Bloomberg.
Emergency Trading Rules Enacted
For context, short-selling involves borrowing shares to sell them at a high price and then repurchasing them later at a lower price to make a profit. In light of market stress, Thailand has temporarily suspended the practice to reduce volatility.
SET’s Board of Governors approved a set of emergency trading rules, which TFEX swiftly adopted. These measures are to stabilize t…
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