Mixed movements across 13 equities

The MSE Equity Price Index decreased by 0.38% to 3,775.337 points as the declines in AX Real Estate, HSBC, GO, Lombard, Farsons and the ordinary shares of RS2 outweighed the gains in BMIT, BOV, MIA, PG, and VBL. Meanwhile, two other equities closed unchanged as today’s trading activity amounted to €0.34 million. Download today’s Equity Market Summary.

Simonds Farsons Cisk plc moved 10.5% lower to the €5.55 level over four deals totalling 971 shares as the equity started trading without the entitlement of the cash interim dividend out of tax-exempt profits of €0.065 per share and also the dividend ‘in kind’ of €1.30 per share, which shall be settled through the distribution of the entire shareholding in Quinco Holdings plc to shareholders on a pro rata basis to the number of shares held in the company. The shares of Quinco Holdings plc are expected to be admitted to the Official List of the Malta Stock Exchange on 6 October, with trading to commence on 7th October. The cash dividend will be paid on 16 October 2025.

The ordinary shares of RS2 plc slumped by 3.8% to a 12-year low of €0.30 level across five trades amounting to 41,810 shares.

HSBC Bank Malta plc shed 1.4% to the €1.41 level over fourteen trades totalling 67,089 shares.

Also in the banking sector, Lombard Bank Malta plc fell by 2.1% to the €0.70 level on two deals amounting to 28,500 shares.

GO plc moved 0.8% lower to the €2.64 level over five trades amounting to 12,433 shares.

AX Real Estate plc declined by 2.6% to an all-time low €0.30 level over seven trades totalling 30,000 shares.

On the other hand, Bank of Valletta plc gained 0.5% to the €1.86 level across fifteen deals amounting to 64,672 shares.

BMIT Technologies plc rose by 0.5% to the €0.304 level on two trades totalling 5,395 shares.

Malta International Airport plc advanced by 2.6% to the €6.00 level across five deals amounting to 3,897 shares. Today, MIA announced that last week it bought 4,060 of its own shares at a price of €5.95 per share.

PG plc moved 0.5% higher to the €1.84 level on two trades totalling 8,545 shares.

VBL plc increased by 1.6% to the €0.188 level across three deals amounting to 3,400 shares.

Meanwhile, APS Bank plc closed unchanged at the €0.51 level over three deals amounting to 7,368 shares.

Malta Properties Company plc held the €0.342 level over trivial volumes.

Today, MedservRegis plc announced that the Board of Directors resolved to distribute an interim dividend of €1 million, equivalent to €0.0098 per share. Shareholders as at the close of trading on Wednesday 29 October 2025 will receive the dividend on Friday 28 November 2025. The Company explained that the dividend represents profits generated by the Company arising from profits within the Group during the first six months of 2025 and that there will be sufficient headroom within the Company’s reserves through 2025 to satisfy this distribution.

The RF MGS Index rose by 0.25% to 908.414 points. Inflation in Spain amounted to 3.0% in September the highest level since June 2024, rising from the 2.7% which was reported in August. Meanwhile in the US, residential property sales rebounded by 4% in August, in contrast to two consecutive declines in previous months. The uplift was primarily attributed to lower mortgage rates.

 

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