[Alpha Biz=(Chicago) Reporter Kim Jisun] According to the securities industry on the 10th, Samsung Securities has not provided a service that shows customers real-time rankings of stocks with a large amount of searches and buying and selling orders since this month.

The move is aimed at preventing customers from buying by looking at top stocks and following other investors.

The company closed new margin transactionss between April and May for the "three EcoPro brothers" such as Ecopro, EcoproBM, and EcoproH, which are considered secondary battery theme stocks, and stopped extending the maturity of the existing credit transaction balance. margin transactions is for investors to borrow money from securities firms to buy stocks. The move comes after securities firms point out that they encourage debt investment and do interest business by using Pomo syndrome, which is a concern that investors may fall behind in investment opportunities alone.

Korea Investment & Securities Co. and Shinhan Investment & Securities Co. also suspended margin trading for the three Ecopro brothers. NH Investment & Securities has blocked loans to Duksung and Shinsung Delta Tech, whose stock prices have soared under the theme of superconductors since the 4th.

KB Securities raised the margin ratio of POSCO Group stocks such as POSCO Holdings, POSCO Future M, and POSCO International and major secondary battery stocks such as EcoprobM, L&F, and Nano New Materials from 20∼40% to 100%.

KB Securities had previously lowered the margin transaction interest rate, which had been applied differently from 4.9 to 9.1 percent per year depending on the loan period, to 4.2 percent per year for new customers for 60 days from the 2nd, but this time it took measures to restrict loans to stocks that had an excessive rise in stock prices.

 

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