Stock short selling on rise despite market upturn
- Source
- The Korea Herald - Business
- Source link
- https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10842601
- Published
- 2026-08-16 10:19:55
- Discovered by ProcIntel
- 2026-08-16 05:15:38
- Category
- Procurement & Supply Chain News
- Geography
- South Korea
- Organisations
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- Review status
- Pending
- Record type
- REAL
Summary
Stock short selling has been on the rise despite the country's stock market sharply rebounding from a rout caused by a crash in chipmakers and artificial intelligence (AI)-related shares, data showed Sunday. According to the data from the Korea Exchange (KRX), outstanding short selling reached some 19 trillion won (US$13.4 billion) as of Tuesday, up 14 percent, or 2.27 trillion won, from 16.73 trillion won at the end of last month. Stock short selling stood at 15 trillion won at the end of Febru
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