Daily Market Highlights
Several companies publish their 2026 financial calendar
The MSE Equity Price Index fell by 0.50% to 3,793.0 points driven by the declines in BMIT, BOV, GO, MPC and Quinco. Meanwhile, four other equities closed unchanged as today’s trading activity amounted to €0.1 million. Download today’s Equity Market Summary.
GO plc declined by 1.6% to the €2.48 level over five trades totalling 4,350 shares. Today, GO published its calendar of investor and corporate events for 2026. GO is expected to publish its annual report on 25 March.
GO’s IT services and digital infrastructure subsidiary BMIT Technologies plc dropped by 3.4% to the €0.28 level across three deals amounting to 9,880 shares. BMIT also published its calendar of investor and corporate events for 2026. In this respect, BMIT is expected to publish its annual report on 10 March.
Malta Properties Company plc slumped by 4.6% to the €0.334 level albeit over trivial volumes. In its calendar of investor and corporate events for 2026, MPC indicated that it will publish its annual report on 6 March.
Bank of Valletta plc fell by 1.0% to the €1.90 level over five trades amounting to 6,064 shares.
Quinco Holdings plc plummeted by 6.2% to a new low of €0.91 on one deal of 2,400 shares.
Malta International Airport plc traded flat at the €5.85 level as 11,485 shares changed hands. Earlier this week, MIA published the December 2025 traffic results and provided key performance targets for 2026. In December, MIA welcomed a monthly record of 709,352 passengers, which is 19.9% higher than the movements handled in the same month in 2024. Passenger movements at MIA in 2025 reached a record of 10.06 million, which is 12.3% higher than the previous record of 8.96 million passenger movements registered 2024. The seat load factor for the year stood at 85.4%, slightly lower than the 2024 figure of 86.0%, reflecting the 13% increase in seat capacity over the previous year. For 2026, MIA expects passenger movements to reach a new record of 10.5 million, which would increase revenue to €162 million compared to the latest 2025 forecast of €151 million and EBITDA to €98 million compared to the latest 2025 forecast of €93 million. Overall, MIA expects net profits in 2026 of €51 million compared to the latest 2025 forecast of €49 million. Furthermore, capital investments will reach €90 million.
Also among the large companies by market capitalisation, HSBC Bank Malta plc closed unchanged at the €1.43 level across two deals totalling 2,000 shares.
Malita Investments plc closed unchanged at the €0.40 level across two trades totalling 7,850 shares.
M&Z plc held the €0.59 level as 1,000 shares changed hands. M&Z published its financial calendar today which indicated that the 2025 full-year results will be published on 29 April.
The calendar of financial and corporate events published by International Hotel Investments plc today also indicated that the 2025 full-year results will be published on 29 April.
The RF MGS Index rose by 0.08% to 904.8 amid signs of lower price pressures on consumers. Germany’s annual inflation rate eased to 1.8% in December 2025, falling below the ECB’s 2% target and marking its lowest reading in the past 15 months. Crude oil prices slid more than 4% after tensions in Iran eased.
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