The Czech market closed up after the strong rebound in the afternoon. However volumes declined to compare with the last session overall volume was still well above the average. The short-squeeze in CEZ towards the end of the session pushed the price higher, stock was traded the in 5% range intraday. Zentiva finished higher despite it trades ex-dividend of CZK 9.5 today. Cesky Telecom was demanded by the international account for a whole day. Erste Bank increased when we saw Vienna players on the buy side while Komercni Banka (KB) was the only exception today and closed in red, despite announced share-buy-back program.