Sweden May Regulate Algo Trading

Sweden might start regulating algorithmic trading.

Sweden might start regulating algorithmic trading, The Wall Street Journal reports. The country’s finance ministry is looking to review the extent to which automatic algorithmic trading adds to market volatility. Peter Norman, Sweden’s financial markets minister, expressed concern that the valuation of robust Swedish companies was swinging by 10% from one day to another. Measures will be taken if the ministry found that algo trading was leading to such share movements, he added.

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