Subdued activity on the local Borza

 

The MSE Equity Price Index erased yesterday’s uplift as it retracted by 0.38% to 3,735.796 points. The drops in four companies offset the gains in GO and Hili Properties whilst IHI and Farsons closed the day unchanged. Trading activity contracted further to just €0.03 million compared to €0.06 million yesterday. Download today’s Equity Market Summary.

Plaza Centres plc was the most actively traded equity today as it slid by 4% to the €0.81 level across 13,000 shares.

FIMBank plc lost 3.4% to a new all-time low of USD0.186 albeit on 1,832 shares.

In the technology segment, the preference shares of RS2 Software plc (2,000 shares) dropped by 1% to the €1.68 level whilst BMIT Technologies plc (17,000 shares) eased by 0.4% to the €0.476 level.

A single deal of 600 shares lifted the share price of GO plc 2% higher back to the €3.18 level.

Hili Properties plc added 0.2% to recapture the €0.25 level on a total of 5,500 shares.

Meanwhile, International Hotel Investments plc (1,010 shares) and Simonds Farsons Cisk plc (200 shares) traded unchanged at €0.75 and €7.85 respectively. Farsons is due to publish its 2021/22 full-year results on 25 May.

The RF MGS Index trended higher for the first time in five days as it rebounded by 0.33% to 987.111 points. The benchmark 10-year German Bund yield dropped back below the 1% mark as volatility surged across international financial markets amid growing concerns over inflation and the health of the global economy at large.

 

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