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maltatoday, WEDNESDAY, 26 APRIL 2017 12 Regular market closed –25/04/2017 Symbol Code Volume Traded Value Traded Trades High Price Low Price Open Price Close Price Change t BOV 40,891 91,732.76 5 2.250 2.240 2.250 2.240 -0.010 s GO 3,000 10,357.50 2 3.475 3.450 3.450 3.475 0.025 t HSB 11,509 23,745.61 5 2.064 2.061 2.063 2.061 -0.001 t MDS 4,949 7,176.05 2 1.450 1.450 1.450 1.450 -0.065 s MIA 5,087 21,116.14 5 4.151 4.151 4.151 4.151 0.001 l RS2 302 483.20 1 1.600 1.600 1.600 1.600 0.000 t SFC 1,800 13,392.00 1 7.440 7.440 7.440 7.440 -0.010 s G17C 25,800 26,426.94 1 102.430 102.430 102.430 102.430 0.030 t G17D 100,000 101,310.00 1 101.310 101.310 101.310 101.310 -0.190 l G20A 11,647 13,565.26 1 116.470 116.470 116.470 116.470 0.000 t G28A 35,000 46,900.00 1 134.000 134.000 134.000 134.000 -0.170 s G31A 3,500 5,013.75 1 143.250 143.250 143.250 143.250 0.050 s G32A 20,000 27,514.00 1 137.570 137.570 137.570 137.570 0.010 t G32B 250,000 336,250.00 1 134.500 134.500 134.500 134.500 -0.010 t G33A 28,200 37,533.70 2 133.550 132.850 133.550 132.850 -0.780 t G34A 250,000 326,873.00 5 131.040 130.300 131.040 130.300 -0.740 t G36A 25,900 26,910.10 1 103.900 103.900 103.900 103.900 -0.600 t G39A 15,000 14,459.60 2 96.500 96.280 96.500 96.280 -1.070 t G41A 164,500 164,685.10 6 100.380 100.010 100.380 100.010 -0.490 t BV18A 59,000 61,266.00 5 104.000 103.800 104.000 103.800 -0.200 s BV19A 10,200 10,480.50 3 102.750 102.750 102.750 102.750 0.150 s BV19B 10,000 10,199.00 1 101.990 101.990 101.990 101.990 1.880 s BV20A 11,900 12,316.50 2 103.500 103.500 103.500 103.500 1.000 s DF26A 12,000 12,660.00 4 105.500 105.500 105.500 105.500 0.490 l HB18A 4,000 4,232.00 1 105.800 105.800 105.800 105.800 0.000 l HM24A 83,000 85,905.00 5 103.500 103.500 103.500 103.500 0.000 l HP25A 4,400 4,576.00 1 104.000 104.000 104.000 104.000 0.000 t IH21A 3,300 3,527.70 1 106.900 106.900 106.900 106.900 -4.100 l IH23A 6,900 7,399.50 4 107.550 107.000 107.550 107.000 0.000 l IH26A 28,300 28,816.90 6 102.000 101.700 101.900 102.000 0.000 s IH26B 11,000 11,162.80 2 101.780 100.130 101.780 100.130 0.130 l MD26A 8,800 9,064.00 2 103.000 103.000 103.000 103.000 0.000 l PC26A 20,000 20,300.00 3 101.500 101.500 101.500 101.500 0.000 s PG22A 104,600 115,060.00 1 110.000 110.000 110.000 110.000 1.500 l VH24A 6,000 6,000.00 2 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 0.000 Market Summary as at April 25, 2017 Equity Official List Session State ................................................................... Market Closed Number of trades ............................................................. 87 Volume Traded ................................................................. 1,380,485 Value of € denominated securities .................................... 1,698,410.61 Value of US$ denominated securities ................................ 0.00 Value of GBP£ denominated securities .............................. 0.00 Current Index ................................................................... - Previous Index ................................................................. - Change in Index (%) ......................................................... - Bank of Valletta plc ........................ 2.250 0.00% Medserv plc .................................. 1.515 0.00% FIMBank plc .................................. 0.799 0.00% Mapfre Middlesea plc .................... 2.100 0.00% GlobalCapital plc ........................... 0.340 0.00% MIDI plc ........................................ 0.310 -2.82% GO plc ........................................... 3.450 0.00% Plaza Centres plc ........................... 1.100 0.00% Grand Harbour Marina plc ............. 0.897 0.00% RS2 Software plc............................ 1.600 1.27% HSBC Bank Malta plc ..................... 2.062 0.10% Simonds Farsons Cisk plc ............... 7.450 0.68% International Hotel Investments plc 0.642 0.00% Tigné Mall plc ................................ 1.059 0.00% Lombard Bank Malta plc ................ 2.411 0.04% Pefaco International plc ................. 2.240 0.00% Malita Investments plc ................... 0.740 -1.33% Santumas Shareholdings plc ......... 1.750 0.00% Malta International Airport plc ....... 4.150 -0.95% Malta Properties Company plc ........ 0.520 0.00% MaltaPost plc ................................. 2.050 0.00% MSE Index Business Today Google launches digital skills platform in Malta GOOGLE launched the Digital Workshop programme in Malta, a new online platform offering free training to everyone, from SMBs to professionals and students who want to grow their digital skills and increase their knowledge in digital marketing. This new platform can be accessed at https://learndigital. withgoogle.com/digitalworkshop- mt/. The digital skills gap remains one of the big challenges for the countries in the European Union. According to European Commis- sion, almost half of the EU popula- tion (47%) is not properly digitally skilled, yet in the near future 90% of jobs will require some level of digital skills. The EC estimates that 756,000 jobs will go unfilled by 2020 because of this skills gap. In Malta according to the Digital Economy and Society Index (DE- SI), 21.3% of the population has never used the internet (EU average: 14.5%) and when it comes to digital skills, only 49% individuals have basic digital skills, decreasing from 52% in 2015 (EU average: 56%). It is to help tackle this digital skills gap that Google has created the Dig- ital Workshop platform, available for everyone in Malta. Google's Digital Workshop allows anyone to get their personalised digital tune- up online from anywhere at any time. The platform covers over 20 topics explained through digestible action-oriented and plainly spoken lessons. From how to build a pres- ence online, to running social media marketing or using the opportunities offered by mobile phones to attract more clients, and much more. Users can choose the topics they want to learn about, or complete the whole online course, receiving a certifica- tion from Google and IAB Europe. "We believe technology can be a force for good, helping students and professionals to succeed in their ca- reer and businesses. As technology and the web play a bigger role in our lives, we at Google see it as our job to provide the tools to help people make the most of this opportunity. We have already provided digital skills training to 2 million Europe- ans over the past 2 years and today we are happy to make our Digital Workshop programme available to everyone in Malta. Whether you're a student looking for your first job, a small business trying to attract new customers or a blogger interested in promoting your contents across the world, I'd like to encourage you to take advantage of the free training we are making available today", said Grigoris Zarifopoulos, Country Manager Greece, Malta and Cyprus, Google. Many people have already started to make the most of the digital op- portunity. Making use of the free training offered by Google, Antoni- os Fiorakis, the founder of Incredi- blue, an online booking platform for boating holidays, learnt about the fundamentals of digital analytics: "The training helped me measure how our users behave. I was amazed by the accuracy of data insights. I discovered details about my cus- tomers that helped me grow my sales," confirmed Fiorakis. The Digital Workshop is delivered in collaboration with relevant part- ners organisations including Malta National Skills Council (NSC) and eSkills Malta Foundation. Joseph Cilia, National Skills Council, said: "A more dynamic economic sector, such as the one be- ing experienced in all Europe, fur- ther emphasizes the need for more responsive education and training players. In the Maltese context, the size of the labour force and the chal- lenges of industry to find the right skills is also magnified by its insu- larity. The way forward for our edu- cation and lifelong learning systems to be more effective, create systems for recognition of other forms of learning, expose young students to the world of work and possibly have more refined skills forecasting mod- els to assist policy makers." Carm Cachia, eSkills Malta Foundation, said: "According to the latest DESI EU Index 2017 Malta scored very favourably on the Use of Internet, with 79% reading the News online, 90% using it for entertainment, 48% for video calls, 82% social networks, and 60% for Banking and Shopping. Nevertheless most of the Maltese SMEs are still not selling their products online. Selling online increases business exponentially and transforms a business, no matter how small, into a digitally smart company. Collectively this increases business activity and social wealth in Malta. As regards to Human Capital we are below average and only 49% of the citizens have the Basic Digital Skills! Malta must take advantage of initiatives, like the Google Digital Workshop, because it is ideal, free and flexibly. It addresses the digital skills needed to thrive in this social and commercial society." All businesses as well as individuals interested in expanding their digital knowledge, can sign up for free to attend the online courses available through the platform. Grigoris Zarifopoulos, Country Manager Greece, Malta and Cyprus, Google launching the Digital Workshop in Malta