The UK’s financial watchdog has said it will not ban short-selling in Britain, despite agreeing to various temporary bans on the short-selling of Belgian, Italian and Spanish stocks over the past few weeks.  

The Financial Conduct Authority, in a statement on 23 March, said it would not introduce an outright ban on short-selling — similar to those implemented in some European countries in recent weeks — citing “no evidence that short-selling has been the driver of recent market falls”.