Substantial trading across BOV, GO and Plaza
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 by 0.04% to a one-week low of 4,368.0 points as the declines in AX Real Estate, GO, HSBC, and Plaza outweighed the gains in BOV, FIMBank and Trident. Meanwhile, nine other equities closed unchanged as trading activity improved to the highest level in more than a week of €0.58 million. Download today’s Equity Market Summary.
Plaza Centres plc was today’s most actively traded equity as it fell by 1.2% to €0.80 across four deals totalling 259,540 shares having a market value of €0.21 million.
GO plc lost 2.3% to €2.50 across 44,123 shares having a market value of just over €110,000. GO shareholders as at close of today’s trading will receive a net interim dividend of €0.07 per share on Tuesday 6 October 2026.
The other negative performers were HSBC Bank Malta plc (-0.7% to €1.49) and AX Real Estate plc (-0.9% to €0.53).
Bank of Valletta plc gained 0.4% to €2.36 across 18 deals totalling 71,496 shares having a market value of €0.17 million.
FIMBank plc rose by 0.6% to USD0.312, its highest close since January 2022, across 18,220 shares over two deals.
Trident Estates plc advanced 2.9% to €1.05 across three deals amounting to 3,585 shares. Trident will publish its interim results for the six-month period ended 31 July on Thursday 17 September.
Malta International Airport plc closed unchanged the €6.60 level across 3,634 shares over five deals. Today, MIA announced that last week it bought 1,648 of its own shares at €6.60 per share.
APS Bank plc closed unchanged at the €0.60 level across 27,343 shares over seven deals. Today, APS announced that last week it bought back 33,828 of its own shares at an average price of €0.599 per share.
BMIT Technologies plc closed unchanged at the €0.26 level across 23,932 shares, while Harvest Technology plc stayed at €0.905 on a single trade of 320 shares.
Main Street Complex plc held the €0.19 level on a single trade of 11,644 shares.
Simonds Farsons Cisk plc traded flat the €6.05 level across 244 shares over three deals.
M&Z plc stayed at €0.565 on a single trade of 300 shares, while RS2 plc closed unchanged at €0.46 on one deal of 80 shares.
VBL plc also closed unchanged at €0.226 on a single trade of 160 shares.
The RF MGS Index fell for the fourth consecutive session as it shed a further 0.15% to 876.9 points. On Friday, Saudi Arabia shut its East-West pipeline, which carries around 4% of global oil supply past the Strait of Hormuz, after a drone attack from Iraq. Today, Brent crude prices climbed by a further 5% to USD109 per barrel. The US Treasury yields also extended the uplift, with the US 10-year reaching the highest level since 2007 at 5.0%.
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