Bowen: Potential insider trading on bank stocks should be investigated

February 07, 2019
“Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen says that investigations need to be into insider trading with bank stocks rallying well before the release of the Banking Royal Commission”.

Source: The Weekly Times

Comment: LET’S SEE, SHALL WE?

Here is the announced time of release from the Royal Commission website:

The Commissioner, the Honourable Kenneth Madison Hayne AC QC, submitted his final report to the Governor-General on 1 February 2019. The final report was tabled in Parliament on 4 February 2019 and is available on the Reports page.

Here is the market reaction for CommBank:

The stock closes at $70.47 on 4/2 and opens on 5/2 at $73.00.

The report was released AFTER MARKET CLOSE. The stock price jumped 3.6% the NEXT DAY on open.

THERE IS NO EVIDENCE ON THIS CHART OF ANY INSIDER TRADING WHATSOEVER.

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