MSE Equity Price Index falls for the second consecutive session

The MSE Equity Price Index declined by 0.13% to 3,730.827 points driven by the declines in APS and MaltaPost. Meanwhile, six other equities closed unchanged as today’s daily trading activity amounted to €0.11 million. Download today’s Equity Market Summary.

APS Bank plc shed 2.0% to the €0.48 level over eight deals totalling 2,450 shares.

MaltaPost plc decreased by 2.8% to the €0.424 level on two trades amounting to 931 shares.

Meanwhile, Bank of Valletta plc closed unchanged at the €1.90 level over eight deals totalling 22,625 shares. Today, BOV announced that as of last week it had bought 564,032 of its own shares on aggregate at an average price of €1.90 since the start of the scheme last August.

Malta International Airport plc closed unchanged at the €5.80 level over nine trades totalling 10,118 shares. Today, MIA announced that last week it bought 1,808 of its own shares at an average price of €5.80.

GO plc held the €2.56 level over trivial volumes.

Computime Holdings plc traded flat at the €0.44 level as 2,500 shares changed hands.

PG plc (2,048 shares) and Quinco Holdings plc (2,000 shares) both closed unchanged at the €1.69 and €1.00 levels respectively.

The RF MGS Index remained practically unchanged at 899.551 points as sovereign bond yields in the euro area continued to hover around elevated levels, with the German 10-year bund yield remaining at around 2.85%. The ECB President Christine Lagarde indicated that the central bank is likely to revise its projected growth rate higher for 2026, consistent with recent data and illustrating the euro area economy’s resilience, reducing the likelihood and urgency of future rate cuts by the ECB.

 

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