Trading activity dominated by the largest equities
Following last week's article detailing the performance of the S&P 500 index in 2025, it is worth devoting time to review the developments across the European equity markers in my last article of the year.
The MSE Equity Price Index eased 0.12% to 4,364.2 points as the declines in five equities outweighed the gains in APS, Computime, Lombard and Trident. Meanwhile, trading activity was largely across the six equities that closed unchanged. Download today’s Equity Market Summary.
Bank of Valletta plc was once again the most actively traded equity as €0.14 million changed hands across 58,774 shares. BOV closed unchanged at €2.36.
HSBC Bank Malta plc (€1.50) and Malta International Airport plc (€6.60) also closed unchanged on trading value of €83,915 and €47,451 respectively. Today, MIA announced that last week it bought 1,747 of its own shares at €6.60 per share.
RS2 plc closed unchanged at €0.45 across 32,272 shares, while Main Street Complex plc held at €0.19 on 5,950 shares.
Simonds Farsons Cisk plc held the €6.05 level on trivial volume.
Malta Properties Company plc was today’s worst performer as it fell 10.3% to €0.402, although on a single trade of 1,525 shares.
MaltaPost plc declined 6.1% to €0.46 on one deal of 4,722 shares.
MIDI plc eased 4.3% to €0.22 on 500 shares over two deals, while BMIT Technologies plc fell 3.0% to €0.26 across 6,650 shares over four deals.
GO plc declined 1.6% to €2.52 on 1,595 shares over three deals. GO shareholders as at the close of trading on Monday 14 September 2026 will receive a net interim dividend of €0.07 per share on Tuesday 6 October 2026.
Computime Holdings plc was today’s strongest performer as it surged by 6.4% to €0.50 across 5,599 shares over three deals. Computime shareholders as at the close of trading on Monday 28 September 2026 will receive an interim net dividend of €0.012325 per share by Friday 16 October 2026.
APS Bank plc rose 1.7% to €0.60 on 37,628 shares over five deals. Today, APS announced that last week it bought 22,400 of its own shares at an average price of €0.592 per share.
Lombard Bank Malta plc added 1.4% to €0.74 across three deals totalling 6,100 shares, while Trident Estates plc gained 1.0% to €1.01 on 1,490 shares.
The RF MGS Index gained 0.06% to 886.6 points. Updated data from Eurostat published today showed that the euro area economy grew by 1.2% year-on-year in the second quarter, revised up from the 1.0% reported in August. Meanwhile, the escalation between the US and Iran and continued disrupting shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, leading to a rebound in yields with the German 10-year resurfacing back to 3.37%.
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