Daily Market Highlights (17.04.13)

  • The MSE Share Index eased by 0.1% during this morning’s session to 3,328.763 points as volumes on the local equity market dwindled to below the €100,000 mark for the first time in eight sessions. Download a copy of the Equity Market Summary.
  • On the bond market, the Rizzo Farrugia MGS Index registered its worse daily decline in the last three months with a 0.2% drop to 1,019.422 points albeit a practically unchanged 10-year benchmark Eurozone yield at the 1.27% level.
  • BOV’s equity was the only positive performing equity with a 0.4% increase to regain the €2.27 level across seven trades totalling 16,916 shares. The Bank is scheduled to publish its interim results covering the six months ended 31 March 2013 on Thursday 25 April.
  • On the other hand, the share price of HSBC eased 0.2% back to the €2.715 level on very low volumes of 575 shares.
  • Similarly, IHI eased 0.7% lower to €0.77 on a single trade of 2,000 shares.
  • GO shares also in negative territory as the equity only managed to partially recover from its intra-day low of €1.501 to close 0.2% lower at the €1.568 level. A total 26,100 shares changed hands across five trades.
  • A total of 5,000 MIDI shares were exchanged at the €0.31 level representing a 1.3% drop from the previous close in anticipation of the Group’s 2012 full-year results on 29 April.
  • Meanwhile, Middlesea Insurance traded unchanged at the €0.92 level on volumes of just over 9,500 shares.
  • MaltaPost also unchanged at its 2013 high of €1.05 across 1,562 shares.