The New York Stock Exchange added 30 stocks of companies to a temporary ban on short selling following an order last week by U.S. regulators.
The NYSE list, issued on Monday, includes shares of General Electric (GE), Capital One Financial Corp (COF), Discover Financial Services (DFS), Legg Mason (LM) and General Motors Corp (GM), Toronto Dominion Bank (TD).
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission answered complaints that its list of 799 stocks issued on Friday had missed companies with major financial operations, by letting exchanges add to its list.
The SEC emergency order against short sales is said to last through October 2. It may be extended further if the agency deems it necessary, but it can only last a total of 30 calendar days.
The SEC order followed similar action by the U.K. Financial Services Authority, which imposed a temporary four-month ban on short-selling of financial stocks, according to Reuters.
U.S. stocks were mixed on Thursday after retailers reported mostly disappointing sales while other big-name companies announced layoffs and Europ...
China markets opened lower on Tuesday morning as the investors' confidence hit by the signals that global recession are deepening.
The markets have spoken: risk aversion is still the name of the game and that was obvious since the beginning of the week.


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