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maltatoday, WEDNESDAY, 16 SEptEmbEr 2015 12 Business Today Regular market closed – 15/09/2015 Symbol Code Volume Traded Value Traded Trades High Price Low Price Open Price Close Price Change l BOV 24,307 55,926.800 10 2.320 2.300 2.300 2.300 0.000 s FIM 10,646 4,868.470 2 0.460 0.451 0.451 0.460 0.010 t GO 9,261 31,913.740 7 3.480 3.425 3.430 3.470 -0.029 s HSB 46,009 84,649.680 8 1.849 1.830 1.846 1.849 0.009 t LOM 19,318 40,971.640 4 2.150 2.110 2.140 2.110 -0.030 s MDS 9,750 29,737.500 1 3.050 3.050 3.050 3.050 0.050 s MIA 5,000 19,496.890 2 3.900 3.899 3.899 3.900 0.050 l RS2 13,440 33,851.300 8 2.520 2.515 2.519 2.520 0.000 s G19A 6,989 8,655.880 1 123.850 123.850 123.850 123.850 0.320 s G19C 8,000 8,788.000 1 109.850 109.850 109.850 109.850 0.130 t G20B 90,000 105,948.000 3 117.720 117.720 117.720 117.720 -0.080 t G21A 174,588 214,713.480 5 123.040 122.970 123.000 123.040 -0.130 s G22A 441,929 556,081.520 3 125.840 125.740 125.740 125.840 0.100 t G22B 407,000 488,848.400 2 120.120 120.110 120.110 120.120 -0.010 t G24A 50,000 57,165.000 1 114.330 114.330 114.330 114.330 -0.860 t G32B 47,000 60,286.900 3 128.270 128.270 128.270 128.270 -0.480 t G33A 46,000 58,267.900 4 126.690 126.500 126.500 126.690 -0.270 l G34A 15,000 18,795.000 2 125.300 125.300 125.300 125.300 0.000 s G40A 127,000 135,076.450 6 106.450 106.060 106.060 106.450 0.400 l 6PM25 34,600 37,714.000 3 109.000 109.000 109.000 109.000 0.000 s BV19B 5,000 5,300.000 1 106.000 106.000 106.000 106.000 1.000 l HB17A 8,294 8,542.820 1 103.000 103.000 103.000 103.000 0.000 l MI17C 14,700 14,700.000 2 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 0.000 s PG20A 18,500 20,461.000 2 110.600 110.600 110.600 110.600 0.100 Market Summary as at September 15, 2015 Equity Official List Session State ................................................................... Market Closed Number of trades ............................................................. 82 Volume Traded ................................................................. 1,632,331 Value of € denominated securities .................................... 2,081,191.900 Value of US$ denominated securities ................................ 19,568.470 Value of GBP£ denominated securities .............................. 0.000 Current Index ................................................................... 4,314.477 Previous Index ................................................................. 4,306.637 Change in Index (%) ......................................................... 0.182 % 6pm Holdings plc .......................... 0.700 0.00% Malta International Airport plc ....... 3.900 1.30% Bank of Valletta plc ....................... 2.300 0.00% MaltaPost plc ................................ 1.636 0.00% FIMBank plc ................................. 0.460 2.22% Medserv plc .................................. 3.050 1.67% GlobalCapital plc ........................... 0.800 0.00% Mapfre Middlesea plc .................... 2.250 0.00% GO plc .......................................... 3.470 -0.83% MIDI plc ........................................ 0.360 0.00% Grand Harbour Marina plc ............. 1.000 0.00% Plaza Centres plc ........................... 1.000 0.00% HSBC Bank Malta plc ..................... 1.849 0.49% RS2 Software plc ........................... 2.520 0.00% International Hotel Investments plc 0.800 0.00% Simonds Farsons Cisk plc .............. 5.550 0.00% Island Hotels Group Holdings plc .. 1.101 0.00% Tigné Mall plc ................................ 0.929 0.00% Lombard Bank Malta plc ................ 2.110 -1.40% Pefaco International plc ................ 2.190 0.00% Malita Investments plc .................. 0.930 0.00% Santumas Shareholdings plc ........ 2.000 0.00% MSE Index Record 201 aircraft registered with Malta's aviation register The number of aircraft registered with the Maltese aviation register has reached a record 201, Transport Malta said. "The Government's policy to promote Malta as a leading jurisdiction for Aircraft registration and as an attractive location to base air operating companies continues to register further success," the transport watchdog said. "Since January, the Authority has registered 49 aircraft which compare very well with the 43 aircraft registered over the whole of 2014." Transport Malta said the Civil Aviation Directorate last year underwent various restructuring initiatives, including extensive training to key personnel and an aggressive recruitment drive that resulted in doubling specialised inspecting personnel at the Authority. "Today, the Civil Aviation Directorate has the necessary expertise to ensure the highest level of safety standards and service required by the industry. More investment in personnel is expected to be made next year to further strengthen other areas of the Directorate. These efforts have been recognised by leading international operators who are increasingly considering Malta as their place for business." Transport Malta CEO James Piscopo said TM was determined to ensure that Malta becomes a significant player in the aviation industry. "The investment in specialised personnel is providing the required impetus to secure more business from a sector that gives our country prestige, direct foreign revenue, employment and added value," Piscopo added. Brazil cuts spending, raises taxes The Brazilian government has an- nounced a $7 billion package of spending cuts aimed at plugging a huge black hole in the country's 2016 budget. At the same time, it unveiled plans to raise another $8 billion by bringing back an unpopular financial transactions tax that was abolished eight years ago. The government is struggling to pull the country's economy out of recession. It has also been hurt by the slump in President Dilma Rousseff's public approval rating, which is now just 8%. The measures were announced at a news conference by Finance Minister Joaquim Levy and Planning Minister Nelson Barbosa. They include reducing the number of government ministries from 39 to 29, as well as cutting 1,000 public- sector jobs and freezing the pay of remaining state employees. Levy said the axe would fall on some big public infrastructure projects. But projects designed to benefit poorer Brazilians, such as the social housing programme Minha Casa Minha Vida (My House My Life), will also be hit. Analysts were unimpressed with the package, saying it was unlikely to do much to restore the public finances to health. "We're left with the impression that the government is now scraping the barrel in an effort to plug its budget hole," said Neil Shearing, chief emerging markets economist at Capital Economics. "Indeed, the latest measures reveal more about the impotence of the government in being able to constrain spending than anything else." Brazil's economy has been depressed by the end of the global commodities boom, while a corruption scandal centred on state oil giant Petrobras has damaged investor confidence. President Rousseff's critics also accuse her of policy mistakes during her first term, including interventions in the energy market and a failure to bring inflation under control.