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16.11.2023 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: 15 November 2023 US and China to back new global renewables target THE US and China will back a new global renewables target and work together to reduce methane emissions and plastic pollution. The announcement comes in advance of a meeting between the leaders of the two nations at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit later this week, and the COP28 global cli- mate conference in late Novem- ber. In a joint statement, they de- clared the climate crisis "one of the greatest challenges of our time" and stressed their com- mitment to meeting the target established by the 2015 Par- is Climate Conference, which aimed to limit the increase of global temperatures to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. To achieve this, the two coun- tries said they would accelerate renewable energy deployment in their economies until the end of 2030 to speed up the substi- tution for coal, oil and gas and triple renewable energy capacity globally by 2030. The relaunched working group is also expected to focus on key areas of cooperation, including abating methane and boosting efficiency and the circular econ- omy, and exchange information on policies and technologies to reduce emissions. The two sides also promised to work together to curb forest loss and plastic pollution. "The United States and Chi- na recognise that the climate crisis has increasingly affected countries around the world," the statement said. "They will work together ... to rise up to one of the greatest challenges of our time for present and future gen- erations of humankind." China and the US – the two largest polluters in the world – first formed the climate working group in 2021. However, the vis- it of former House of Represent- atives speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan in the summer of 2022 drove a wedge between the two nations and left the group at a standstill. The statement marks the first time China has officially stated its intent to control the release of all greenhouse gas emissions, not just carbon dioxide. Li Shuo, director of the China Climate Hub at the Asia Socie- ty Policy Institute, said China's pledge to set release targets for all greenhouse gas emissions was arguably the most notable point in the statement. "The US-China talks will help stabilise the politics when coun- tries meet [at COP28] in the UAE, but critical issues such as fossil fuel phase-out still require much political effort," he added. "China also needs to consider what further ambition can be brought to the COP. Stopping the approval of new coal power projects is a good next step." e world's two biggest greenhouse gas emitters have agreed to revive a bilateral climate working group ahead of a meeting between US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping Biden says his goal for Xi meeting is to get US-China communications back to normal

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