Monday July 15 2013

News Source: Global Disclosures

Focus: Short Selling

Type: General

Country: Greece




The Hellenic Capital Market Commission has lifted the emergency measures on short selling, which prohibited Greece short selling in Greek bank shares, two weeks earlier than initially planned. A temporary prohibition has been in place since July 2012, with a odified ban on bank shares entering into effect in February 2013. The ban  applied to the following banks:

  • ALPHA BANK Α.Ε.
  • ATTICA BANK S.A.
  • NATIONAL BANK OF GREECE S.A.
  • EUROBANK ERGASIAS S.A.
  • PIRAEUS BANK S.A.
  • CYPRUS POPULAR BANK PUBLIC CO LTD
  • BANK OF CYPRUS PUBLIC COMPANY LTD
The ban has been lifted with effect from today, Monday 15th July 2013.

Click on the above link for the press release.