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26.10.2023 6 MARKETS Symbol Volume Value Trades High Low Open Closing Change Code Traded Traded Trades Price Price Price Price EQUITIES APS 7,526 4,515.60 1 0.600 0.600 0.600 0.600 0.000 BMIT 135,625 58,318.75 5 0.430 0.430 0.430 0.430 0.000 BOV 73,352 81,346.38 7 1.130 1.090 1.110 1.130 0.040 GO 9,400 27,778.00 4 2.960 2.940 2.960 2.940 0.000 HLI 1,800 410.40 1 0.228 0.228 0.228 0.228 0.000 HSB 109,863 119,750.67 4 1.090 1.090 1.090 1.090 0.000 MIA 19,973 108,882.85 4 5.500 5.450 5.500 5.450 0.000 PG 83,900 161,386.52 7 1.940 1.920 1.920 1.940 0.020 CORPORATE STOCKS G32G 10,000 10,365.00 1 103.650 103.650 103.650 103.650 -0.580 G34A 58,400 60,718.48 1 103.970 103.970 103.970 103.970 -1.030 G40A 216,000 192,302.18 7 99.000 88.280 98.000 88.280 -2.220 G43AA 25,000 24,835.00 1 99.340 99.340 99.340 99.340 -0.910 CORPORATE BONDS AX24A 25,000 25,250.00 1 101.000 101.000 101.000 101.000 0.990 AX29A 4,300 4,203.25 1 97.750 97.750 97.750 97.750 -0.200 BB33A 8,500 8,712.50 1 102.500 102.500 102.500 102.500 0.500 BV30B 27,200 24,147.46 8 89.200 88.500 88.510 89.200 1.190 CE33A 10,100 10,100.00 1 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 0.000 DF26A 20,000 20,000.00 1 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 0.010 HF28A 5,000 4,675.50 1 93.510 93.510 93.510 93.510 0.010 IB32A 10,000 10,000.00 1 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 0.000 IH26A 13,500 13,600.65 3 100.750 100.740 100.740 100.750 0.000 IH31A 4,000 3,720.00 1 93.000 93.000 93.000 93.000 0.000 JD32A 9,100 9,044.35 2 99.850 99.010 99.850 99.010 -0.840 MI23A 9,000 8,998.35 2 100.000 99.970 99.970 100.000 0.800 MP32A 5,000 4,970.00 1 99.400 99.400 99.400 99.400 -0.100 ON34A 16,000 15,360.00 2 96.000 96.000 96.000 96.000 -2.000 SF27A 10,000 10,000.00 1 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 0.700 SP29A 3,000 2,970.00 1 99.000 99.000 99.000 99.000 0.000 ST27A 33,000 33,000.00 4 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 0.000 VR27A 300 289.50 1 96.500 96.500 96.500 96.500 -2.400 Malta Stock Exchange Regulated Main Market Trading Date: 25 October 2023 Euro-Dollar: Peak pessimism might have passed, says ING FTX cryptocurrency exchange founder Sam Bankman-Fried plans to testify at his criminal fraud trial, his defense lawyer said. Bankman-Fried's defense law- yer, Mark Cohen, made the an- nouncement during a telephone hearing on Wednesday. Bankman Fried, 31, is charged with seven criminal counts of securities fraud, wire fraud, and conspiracy to launder mon- ey. Prosecutors say he looted billions of dollars in FTX cus- tomer funds to plug losses at his Alameda Research hedge fund, make speculative venture investments, and donate more than $100m to US political can- didates and campaigns. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges. Three former members of Bankman-Fried's inner circle at FTX and Alameda testified dur- ing his trial earlier this month that he directed them to com- mit fraud, including Caroline Ellison, his ex-girlfriend and the former Alameda CEO. Over three days of testimony earlier this month, Ellison described her personal relationship with Bankman-Fried and the alleged crimes she said they committed. The decision to use FTX cus- tomer funds to cover Alameda's shortfall was Bankman-Fried's, she said, and he repeatedly di- rected her to repay loans. "I un- derstood that he was telling me to use FTX customer funds to repay our loans." Bankman-Fried has acknowl- edged making mistakes running FTX and Alameda, but has ar- gued he never knowingly com- mitted fraud. Taking the stand could give him an opportunity to win jurors' trust after weeks of unflattering testimony from government witnesses. His defense has sought to paint him as a "math nerd" who never intended to defraud anyone but fell in over his head. In addition to Bankman-Fried, Cohen also told the judge over- seeing the case on Wednesday that the defense planned to call witnesses including Christina Rolle, the chief securities reg- ulator in the Bahamas, where FTX was based until its Novem- ber 2022 collapse. Prosecutors are expected to rest their case on Thursday after a weeklong break. The defense is then expected to begin present- ing its case.

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