Daily Market Highlights (08.04.2019)

  • The MSE Equity Price Index opened the week in negative territory as it slipped by 0.6% to 4,685.923 points. Four equities trended lower, including BOV and IHI, whilst a further three shares closed the day unchanged. Trading volumes contracted to €0.21 million from €0.34 million last Friday. Download today’s Equity Market Summary.
  • The RF MGS Index extended last Friday’s rebound by a further 0.12% to 1,113.227 points. Bond yields in the euro area moved lower amid a contraction in German imports and exports during the month of February. Furthermore, an index gauging the level of investor confidence across the single currency economy remained in negative territory.
  • Bank of Valletta plc shed 2.2% back to the €1.35 level across 29,517 shares.
  • Also among the large companies, International Hotel Investments plc lost 2% to the €0.75 level on activity totalling 35,000 shares.
  • Medserv plc also performed negatively today with a drop of 3.6% to the €1.06 level on two deals totalling 20,000 shares.
  • BMIT Technologies plc eased by 0.9% to the €0.53 level across 51,696 shares.
  • Meanwhile, PG plc held on to its fifteen-month high of €1.43 on a total of 45,000 shares.
  • A single deal of 10,000 shares left the equity of Mapfre Middlesea plc at the €2.36 level. Shareholders as at close of trading on 30 April will be eligible to receive an ordinary net dividend of €0.0978 per share and a special net dividend of €0.08696 per share.
  • GO plc traded unchanged at the €4.86 level albeit on trivial volumes. The equity is still trading with the entitlement to total net dividends of €0.55 per share.
  • The Board of Directors of Main Street Complex plc is scheduled to meet today to consider and approve the 2018 annual financial statements. The Directors will also consider recommending a final dividend.