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China targets program trading in review of commodities rules

Beijing appears concerned about potential for trading volumes to overwhelm futures markets

Published Wed, Sep 16, 2015 · 09:50 PM
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CHINA is extending its control of onshore markets to commodities exchanges, spooked by signs that speculators have shifted from China's volatile stock markets to commodities futures.

The country's top commodities exchanges - the Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE), Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) and Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange (ZCE) - were asked recently by China's exchange regulator to draft rules designed to "regulate the behaviour of program trading" in futures markets, according to people familiar with the matter.

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