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maltatoday, WEDNESDAY, 4 NOVEMBER 2015 12 Business Today Regular market closed – 3/11/2015 Symbol Code Volume Traded Value Traded Trades High Price Low Price Open Price Close Price Change ▼ BOV 65,103 158,779.040 13 2.439 2.438 2.439 2.438 -0.001 ● HSB 19,050 35,147.260 4 1.845 1.845 1.845 1.845 0.000 ▲ IHI 12,154 9,844.360 5 0.816 0.800 0.800 0.810 0.010 ▲ LOM 4,979 11,352.120 1 2.280 2.280 2.280 2.280 0.030 ● MTP 675 1,343.250 1 1.990 1.990 1.990 1.990 0.000 ● RS2 9,602 24,965.200 4 2.600 2.600 2.600 2.600 0.000 ▼ G16B 23,000 24,163.800 1 105.060 105.060 105.060 105.060 -0.010 ▼ G17C 10,000 10,844.000 2 108.440 108.440 108.440 108.440 -0.070 ▲ G20ED 20,000 21,408.000 1 107.040 107.040 107.040 107.040 0.790 ▼ G22B 25,500 31,061.550 1 121.810 121.810 121.810 121.810 -0.280 ▲ G23A 4,659 6,181.100 1 132.670 132.670 132.670 132.670 0.670 ▼ G28A 10,300 13,786.550 3 133.850 133.850 133.850 133.850 -1.050 ▼ G28B 2,000 2,610.000 1 130.500 130.500 130.500 130.500 -1.050 ▼ G29A 10,000 13,810.000 2 138.100 138.100 138.100 138.100 -1.660 ▼ G29BA 165,500 172,682.700 6 104.340 104.340 104.340 104.340 -0.160 ▼ G30A 1,000 1,406.800 1 140.680 140.680 140.680 140.680 -0.340 ▼ G31A 69,900 98,782.680 4 141.320 141.320 141.320 141.320 -0.390 ▼ G32B 5,000 6,589.500 1 131.790 131.790 131.790 131.790 -1.980 ▼ G33A 6,000 7,798.200 1 129.970 129.970 129.970 129.970 -1.460 ▼ G34A 58,400 74,273.120 1 127.180 127.180 127.180 127.180 -0.470 ▼ G40A 94,200 103,053.220 10 110.000 108.020 109.000 108.020 -0.580 ● BV19A 3,600 3,847.680 1 106.880 106.880 106.880 106.880 0.000 ● BV20A 2,000 2,140.000 1 107.000 107.000 107.000 107.000 0.000 ● CF19A 5,300 5,512.000 1 104.000 104.000 104.000 104.000 0.000 ▲ GC16A 18,000 17,215.000 2 96.000 95.500 95.500 96.000 0.900 ● HP25A 13,100 14,083.810 4 107.510 107.510 107.510 107.510 0.000 ● IH23A 5,000 5,350.000 1 107.000 107.000 107.000 107.000 0.000 ▼ MI21A 10,000 10,080.000 1 100.800 100.800 100.800 100.800 -0.100 Market Summary as at November 3, 2015 Equity Offi cial List Session State ................................................................... Market Closed Number of trades ............................................................. 75 Volume Traded ................................................................. 674,022 Value of € denominated securities .................................... 888,110.940 Value of US$ denominated securities ................................ 0.000 Value of GBP£ denominated securities .............................. 0.000 Current Index ................................................................... 4,392.446 Previous Index ................................................................. 4,384.848 Change in Index (%) ......................................................... 0.173% 6pm Holdings plc .......................... 0.650 0.00% Malta International Airport plc ....... 3.885 0.00% Bank of Valletta plc ....................... 2.438 0.04% MaltaPost plc ................................. 1.990 0.00% FIMBank plc ................................. 0.430 0.00% Medserv plc .................................. 1.706 0.00% GlobalCapital plc .......................... 0.750 0.00% Mapfre Middlesea plc .................... 2.120 0.00% GO plc .......................................... 3.300 0.00% MIDI plc ........................................ 0.350 0.00% Grand Harbour Marina plc ............. 1.000 0.00% Plaza Centres plc ........................... 0.990 0.00% HSBC Bank Malta plc ..................... 1.845 0.00% RS2 Software plc ........................... 2.600 0.00% International Hotel Investments plc 0.810 1.25% Simonds Farsons Cisk plc .............. 6.000 0.00% Island Hotels Group Holdings plc .. 1.101 0.00% Tigné Mall plc ................................ 0.950 0.00% Lombard Bank Malta plc ................ 2.280 1.33% Pefaco International plc ................ 2.190 0.00% Malita Investments plc .................. 0.920 0.00% Santumas Shareholdings plc ........ 2.000 0.00% MSE Index Candy Crush maker King bought by Activision Blizzard US computer game company Ac- tivision Blizzard, which produces World of Warcraft and Call of Duty, is buying King Digital Entertain- ment, the creator of Candy Crush Saga. The deal is worth $5.9 billion. Activision said the acquisition would make it a global leader in interactive entertainment across mobile, console and PC platforms. It added the combined firm would have more than half a billion monthly active users in 196 countries. The Call of Duty series is one of the world's best selling console games, while Candy Crush Saga is among the most popular games on mobile devices. Video game publishers are switching from the physical sale of games to digital growth as consumers move from consoles to playing on smartphones and tablets. In a statement, Activision Blizzard chief executive Bobby Kotick said: "With a combined global network of more than half a billion monthly active users, our potential to reach audiences around the world on the device of their choosing enables us to deliver great games to even bigger audiences than ever before." Kotick told the Reuters news agency that the company wanted to broaden its reach and appeal to a larger demographic. He said that 60% of King Digital Entertainment's players were female, and that no games console or hardware, besides a smartphone, was needed to access its games. Activision Blizzard is paying $18 in cash for each King share, and the deal is expected to boost Activision's adjusted revenue and earnings by about 30%. King Digital Entertainment, which has its main offices in London and Stockholm, will continue to operate as an independent unit led by chief executive Riccardo Zacconi. Zacconi said: "Since 2003, we have built one of the largest player networks on mobile and Facebook, with 474 million monthly active users in the third quarter 2015. "We believe that the acquisition will position us very well for the next phase of our company's evolution." King Digital Entertainment floated on the New York Stock Exchange in March last year with a valuation of almost $8bn. Candy Crush Saga, which was first launched on Facebook and smartphones in 2012, caught the public imagination and still makes up about a third of the company's revenue. Even though the company has produced more than 200 games, including the popular Bubble Witch and Farm Heroes, it has yet to replicate the success it found with Candy Crush. Money Market Report for the week ending October 30, 2015 ECB Monetary Operations On Monday, October 26, the European Central Bank (ECB) announced its weekly main refinancing operation (MRO). The auction was conducted on Tuesday, October 27, and attracted bids from euro area eligible counterparties of €68.45 billion, €2.54 billion higher than the bid amount of the previous week. The amount was allotted in full at a fixed rate equivalent to the prevailing MRO rate of 0.05%, in accordance with current ECB policy. On Wednesday, October 28, the ECB conducted a three-month, longer-term refinancing operation to be settled as a fixed rate tender procedure with full allotment, with the rate fixed at the average rate of the MROs over the life of the operation. The auction attracted bids of €18.13 billion from euro area eligible counterparties, which amount was allotted in full in accordance with current ECB policy. Also on Wednesday, October 28, the ECB conducted a seven-day US dollar funding operation through collateralised lending in conjunction with the US Federal Reserve. This operation attracted bids of $0.14 billion, which was allotted in full at a fixed rate of 0.61%. Domestic Treasury Bill Market In the domestic primary market for Treasury bills, the Treasury invited tenders for 28-day bills maturing on November 26, 2015. Bids of €49.00 million were submitted, with the Treasury accepting €3.40 million. Since €16.00 million worth of bills matured during the week, the outstanding balance of Treasury bills decreased by €12.60 million, to stand at €186.55 million. The yield from the 28-day bill auction was -0.020%, down by 0.9 basis point from bids with a similar tenor issued on October 22, 2015, representing a bid price of 100.0016 per 100 nominal. During the week under review, there was no trading on the Malta Stock Exchange. On Tuesday the Treasury invited tenders for 273-day bills maturing on August 4, 2016.