Daily Market Highlights (04.09.15)

  • During this morning’s trading session on the Borza, the MSE Share Index shed 0.1% to 4,231.072 points reflecting the declines in the share prices of IHI and MIA. Download a copy of today’s Equity Market Summary.
  • On the bond market, the RF MGS Index moved 0.4% higher to 1,123.902 points as the benchmark 10-year eurozone yields tumbled back below the 0.7% after yesterday’s monetary policy meeting of the European Central Bank during which the policy members decided to expand the asset purchase programme given its weaker inflation expectations for 2016 and 2017.
  • International Hotel Investments plc’s equity moved 1.3% lower to €0.78 across three deals totalling 100,000 shares.
  • Lower volumes were transacted in Malta International Airport plc with the equity retreating by 1.4% back to the €3.84 level on a single deal of just 1,400 shares.
  • On the other hand, the share price of GO plc advanced by 1% to regain the €3.495 level across 4,000 shares.
  • Likewise, RS2 Software plc added a further 0.9% to yet another all-time high of €2.37 on volumes of 4,950 shares.
  • Meanwhile, Bank of Valletta plc again held on to the €2.25 level across ten deals totalling 24,775 shares.
  • Simonds Farsons Cisk plc also closed the day unchanged at its all-time high of €5.55 albeit on shallow volumes of 1,000 shares.
  • Despite this morning’s decline, the local equity benchmark still ended the week 0.5% higher largely reflecting the marginal weekly increases in HSBC Bank Malta plc and GO plc as well as the 3% weekly gain in RS2 Software plc and the 18% jump in the share price of Medserv plc.