BBC said that Amateur investors are responding with outrage after trading platforms curbed buying of shares in the US games firm GameStop and other companies.The moves by Robinhood and Interactive Brokers follow days of frenzied trading that led to massive gains for some stocks.Shares in GameStop dived by as much as 55% after the restrictions.
It is the latest twist in a battle that has pitted amateur investors against Wall Street giants.
Major hedge funds had bet billions of dollars that GameStop’s shares would fall.
But they have faced major losses after amateurs, swapping tips on social media sites such as Reddit, drove up the share price by more than 700% in a week.Other firms, such as AMC Entertainment, Koss Corp and BlackBerry, also saw sharp gains. They were embraced by day traders after hedge funds bet against them.
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