Daily Market Highlights (27.12.12)

  • During the penultimate trading session of 2012, the MSE Share Index maintained its 7-week high of 3,211.984 points as no price movements were registered in the 10 active equities. Download a copy of the Equity Market Summary .
  • On the bond market, the Rizzo Farrugia MGS Index eased marginally lower to 1,003.964 points after touching a 25-month high of 1,004.099 points last Friday. The most notable development was the surge in the price of the 4.80% MGS 2028 towards its all-time high of 103.49%. Although the indicative bid price of the Central Bank was of 102.58% today, the price on the secondary market surged to 103.40%.
  • The share price of Malta International Airport plc maintained its 2012 high of €1.80 level on activity of just over 28,000 shares. Recently, Ryanair revealed three new routes as from April 2013 to Gothenburg, Liverpool and Bergamo (raising its total number of routes to and from Malta to 30) whilst airBaltic (a new customer for MIA) will start operating a new route to Riga in the summer of 2013.
  • HSBC held on to €2.70 as a further 18,657 shares changed hands. Last week HSBC announced that its 2012 full-year financial statements will be published on 4 March 2013.
  • Bank of Valletta plc held on to last week’s gains but volumes declined to 7,800 shares which changed hands at €2.419. The cut-off date for the 1 for 9 bonus issue is Monday 14 January 2013.
  • GO plc held on to its recent gains as 5,078 shares traded at €1.18.
  • During the Christmas break, Grand Harbour Marina plc issued a company announcement confirming that it concluded the sale of the €3.1 million super-yacht berth first referred to in the Interim Directors’ Statement published on 19 November 2012. No trades took place in GHM shares today.