Short-Selling Debuts in the Philippines After a 27-Year Wait

 

• Average daily stock transaction shrunk nearly 40% in 10 years
• Foreigners may stay in the market with short selling: Monzon

After a nearly three-decade wait, traders will finally be able to short-sell stocks in the Philippines.

A total of 52 stocks and one exchange-traded fund, including all the equities on the benchmark gauge, will be available for short-selling on Monday after regulators signed off on a proposal first made by the Philippine Stock Exchange Inc. in 1996.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-11-05/philippines-allows-short-selling-in-stocks-from-monday-in-move-to-boost-trading