On December 7, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published an opinion agreeing with the Greek regulator, the Hellenic Capital Markets Commission (HCMC), that the ban on short selling shares in five Greek banks should be extended until midnight on December 21. The ban, previously discussed in the Corporate and Financial Weekly Digest edition of October 2, was originally set to expire on November 9 and had been extended until December 7.
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On August 3, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) issued an official opinion (Opinion), agreeing to renew for a further four weeks the emergency short selling prohibition originally imposed by the Hellenic Capital Market Commission (HCMC) on June 29.
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