The Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) notifies that it temporarily prohibits short selling in the following financial instruments under Articles 23 (1) and 26 (4) of Regulation (EU) No 236/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2012 on short selling and certain aspects of credit default swaps. This follows a decision made by the Comissão do Mercado de Valores Mobiliários (CMVM), the competent authority of Portugal.
Details of the financial instruments concerned: Espírito Santo Financial Group, S.A. (ISIN: LU0011904405, LU0202957089).
This measure is effective immediately until 11:59pm on 1 July 2014.
Source: Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier