造市商(market maker)为证券交易所指定的买卖中间商，主要业务是为买方及卖方进行报价、并且为双方寻找好的价格撮合交易，本身则从买卖差价中获利。
当已购买这部分证券的抚恤基金和保险公司想要抛出时，造市商就得取代了他们的位置。
When the pension funds and insurance companies that bought those securities wanted to sell them, there was the need for marketmakers to take on their positions.
SEC上周五还颁布了针对近800只金融类股的临时卖空禁令，对象包括那些造市商。
Also Friday, the SEC issued a temporary ban on short sales in nearly 800 financial stocks, including those who make markets in the securities.
SEC就修改后的规则解释称，此次调整的目的是为了允许造市商继续为市场提供流动性。
'the purpose of this accommodation is to permit market makers to continue to provide liquidity to the markets,' the SEC explained in the revised order.
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