Annex II, Section 2 Indicators of manipulative behaviour relating to the employment of a fictitious decive or any other form of decption or contrivance (Section B of Annex I of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014)
1. Practices specifying Indicator B(a) of Annex I of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014:
(a) Dissemination of false or misleading market information through the media, including the internet, or by any other means, which results or is likely to result in the moving of the price of a financial instrument, related spot commodity contract, or an auctioned product based on emission allowances, in a direction favourable to the position held or to a transaction planned by the person or persons interested in the dissemination of the information;
(b) Opening a position in a financial instrument, related spot commodity contract, or an auctioned product based on emission allowances and closing such position immediately after having publicly disclosed and having put emphasis on the long holding period of the investment - usually known as 'opening a position and closing it immediately after its public disclosure';
(c) The practice set out in Point 4(c) of Section 1, usually known as 'pump and dump'. This practice may also be illustrated by the following additional indicators of market manipulation:
(i) dissemination of news through the media related to the increasing (or decreasing) of a qualified holding before or shortly after an unusual movement of the price of a financial instrument;
(ii) the indicator set out in Point 5(d)(i) of Section 1;