Malaysia | Extension of the Short Selling Ban

Bursa Malaysia extends Intraday Short Selling (“DSS”) and Short Sale of Day Trading Eligible Securities (“PDT Short Sale”) Suspension to 31 December 2021.

On 26 August, 2021 Bursa Malaysia-

• extended the temporary suspension of IDSS and PDT Short Sale until 31 December 2021 in view of the various initiatives to strengthen control measures for IDSS.
• Indicated that the temporary suspension of IDSS and PDT Short Sale will be uplifted from 1 January 2022 with additional control measures as set out in its Participating Organisations’ Circular No. R/R 5 of 2021.