Margin trading accounts for about 70% of retail trading value, the exchange data showed. — Reuters
TOKYO: Trading using borrowed money, or margin trading, in Japan’s stock market fell sharply last week as investors were forced to dump stocks during the Nikkei index’s biggest fall in nearly 40 years.Margin trading, which involves using borrowed cash from brokerages to ramp up bets in the stock market, is popular among Japanese retail investors.
Margin trading accounts for about 70% of retail trading value, the exchange data showed.
