GREECE: HCMC extends temporary prohibition on short selling

Tuesday July 28 2015

The Hellenic Capital Market Commission has announced that it has extended the temporary measures on short selling.

The measures amount to a temporary prohibition of transactions in any financial instrument which would create a short position of the shares admitted to trading on the Athens Exchange and the Multilateral Trading Facility of “EN.A” (Alternative Market of the Athens Exchange) for which the relative Competent Authority is the HCMC.

The measure shall apply for a period of seven (7) days and shall be in force as of 00:00:01 hours (CET) on the 28th of July 2015 until 24:00:00 (CET) of the 3rd of August 2015.

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