{
  "id": 564707,
  "title": "South Africa Regulator Probes Tiny-Trade Market Manipulation Tactic",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/south-africa-regulator-probes-tiny-trade-market-manipulation-tactic",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-11T06:25:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Rio Times",
    "slug": "the-rio-times",
    "url": "https://www.riotimesonline.com/south-africa-tiny-trade-market-manipulation-probe-2026/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "South Africa · MARKETS Key Facts —The alleged tactic: Traders use very small trades in the underlying share market to influence prices, aiming to benefit much larger derivative positions such as contracts for difference. —The regulator: The Financial Sector Conduct Authority is investigating the practice as a form of trade-based market manipulation under South Africa’s […] The post South Africa…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}