Most equities end the day unchanged

The MSE Equity Price Index remained relatively unchanged at 3,932.2 points as gains in VBL, BMIT and GO were outweighed by a decline in HSBC. Meanwhile, eight other equities closed unchanged as today’s trading activity on the main market amounted to €0.3 million. Download today’s Equity Market Summary.

Bank of Valletta plc was today’s most actively traded equity accounting for around half of the value traded. BOV closed unchanged at the €2.10 level across 11 deals totalling 76,157 shares, although the weighted average price of the day stood at €2.08 (-1%).

Likewise, APS Bank plc closed unchanged at the €0.51 level across four trades amounting to 10,750 shares, although the weighted average price of the day was €0.496 (-2.8%).

Malta Properties Company plc stayed at the €0.40 level over a single deal of 50,000 shares. MPC is scheduled to release its 2025 full-year results on Friday 6 March.

International Hotel Investments plc closed unchanged at the €0.43 level across three deals totalling 5,561 shares, although the majority of shares changed hands at the €0.414 level (-3.7%).

Malta International Airport plc closed unchanged at the €6.00 level after recovering from an intraday low of €5.85 (-2.5%) as 1,919 shares changed hands.

Hili Properties plc (106,600 shares), M&Z plc (20,660 shares) and Computime Holdings plc (6,000 shares) all traded flat at €0.27, €0.58, and €0.45 respectively.

GO plc rose by 0.8% to the €2.52 level across four trades amounting to 20,500 shares, although most trades took place at the previous closing price of €2.50.

BMIT Technologies plc gained 1.4% to the €0.288 level as 5,000 shares changed hands across two deals.

VBL plc moved 3.9% higher to the €0.188 level across two deals totalling 9,300 shares.

Conversely, HSBC Bank Malta plc shed 0.7% to the €1.46 level across two trades amounting to 1,976 shares.

The RF MGS Index declined by 0.09% to 906.7 points as inflation concerns remained. In January, eurozone producer prices increased by 0.7% month-on-month, exceeding market expectations and reversing the 0.3% drop recorded in December. Meanwhile, WTI crude oil futures retreated from one-year highs to USD 74 per barrel after US President Donald Trump instructed to provide political risk insurance and financial guarantees for maritime trade in the Gulf.

 

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