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Ankit Sharma sent me detailed short selling restrictions from various countries around the world. I have summarized the picture as follows:

Short selling (naked or covered) prohibited in all stocks: Australia
Naked short selling prohibited in all stocks: Switzerland
Short selling (naked or covered) prohibited in key financial stocks: UK, US, Canada, Ireland
Naked shorting prohibited in key financial stocks: Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands

Needless to say, this is a crude summary which glosses over exemptions and a lot of fine print.

Posted at 8:04 pm IST on Tue, 23 Sep 2008 permanent link