Varied movements across 16 equities

The MSE Equity Price Index declined by 0.30% to 3,783.614 points as the declines in APS, BOV, Lombard, MIDI, Malta Properties Company, Main Street Complex, and Farsons outweighed the gains in GO, BMIT, and Mapfre Middlesea. Meanwhile, six other equities closed unchanged as today’s trading activity in local equities amounted to 0.43 million. Download today’s Equity Market Summary.

Bank of Valletta plc was today’s most actively traded equity as it moved 0.5% lower to the €1.83 level over nineteen deals totalling 135,331 shares.

Also in the banking sector, APS Bank plc shed 1.9% to the €0.53 level across four trades amounting to 213,070 shares.

Lombard Bank Malta plc slumped by 4.7% to the €0.71 level over three trades amounting to 13,000 shares.

MIDI plc dropped by 1.0% to the €0.20 level on two deals amounting to 15,000 shares.

Malta Properties Company plc plummeted by 17.1% to the €0.34 level on two trades totalling 7,467 shares.

Simonds Farsons Cisk plc declined by 0.8% to the €6.10 level on two trades totalling 2,349 shares.

Main Street Complex plc fell by 4.2% to the €0.23 level on trivial volumes.

On the other hand, GO plc rose by 2.2% to the €2.76 level across four deals amounting to 6,171 shares. Yesterday, GO plc announced that its Board of Directors is scheduled to meet on Thursday 7 August 2025 to consider the approval of the interim financial statements for the six-month period ended 30 June 2025. The Directors will also consider the declaration of an interim dividend

GO’s digital infrastructure & IT services subsidiary, BMIT Technologies plc gained 3.4% to the €0.30 level as 6,544 shares changed hands. Yesterday, BMIT announced that its Board of Directors is scheduled to meet on Tuesday 5 August 2025 to consider the approval of interim financial statements for the six-month period ended 30 June 2025.

Mapfre Middlesea plc rose by 2.9% to the €1.44 level across three deals amounting to 1,893 shares.

Meanwhile, Malta International Airport plc remained unchanged at the €5.95 level on one deal of 1,345 shares.

The ordinary shares of RS2 plc closed unchanged at the €0.34 on one trade of 14,343 shares.

M&Z plc also closed unchanged at the €0.56 level as 9,931 shares changed hands.

FIMBank plc, Malita Investments plc, and International Hotel Investments plc held the USD0.125, €0.50 and €0.45 levels respectively on muted activity.

The RF MGS Index fell by 0.05% to 912.005 points. Initial estimates published by Eurostat showed that the euro area international trade in May resulted in surplus €16.2 billion in goods with the rest of the world, a sharp increase from €12.7 billion a year earlier. The surplus was also higher than the previous month amid a rebound in exports of chemicals, machinery and vehicles combined with lower import of energy products. Meanwhile in the US, producer prices remained unchanged in June when compared to the previous month, in contrast of projections that anticipated an increase.

 

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