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Shares in US firms GameStop and AMC also jumped up and down in Europe last week (Photo: Bankenverband - Bundesverband deutscher Banken / Jochen Zick, Action Press)

Home lockdown share-trading spooks EU regulator

The EU might regulate 'retail' share trading, as young Europeans playing the markets in lockdown threaten to cause financial turbulence.

"We're closely monitoring these new developments and are assessing whether any further supervisory actions are needed," Steven Maijoor, the chairman of the European Securities and Markets Authority (Esma) in Paris, said on Thursday (4 February).

"There is a risk that much of the new activity is speculative, as retail investors try to profit fro...

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

Shares in US firms GameStop and AMC also jumped up and down in Europe last week (Photo: Bankenverband - Bundesverband deutscher Banken / Jochen Zick, Action Press)

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

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