When the pension funds and insurance companies that bought those securities wanted to sell them, there was the need for marketmakers to take on their positions.
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SEC上周五还颁布了针对近800只金融类股的临时卖空禁令,对象包括那些造市商。
Also Friday, the SEC issued a temporary ban on short sales in nearly 800 financial stocks, including those who make markets in the securities.
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SEC就修改后的规则解释称,此次调整的目的是为了允许造市商继续为市场提供流动性。
'the purpose of this accommodation is to permit market makers to continue to provide liquidity to the markets,' the SEC explained in the revised order.