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maltatoday, WEDNESDAY, 9 MARCH 2016 12 Regular market closed – 8/3/2016 Symbol Code Volume Traded Value Traded Trades High Price Low Price Open Price Close Price Change ● 6PM 800 600.00 1 0.750 0.750 0.750 0.750 0.000 ▲ BOV 3,890 8,821.40 3 2.270 2.260 2.260 2.270 0.020 ▼ FIM 90,014 56,258.75 7 0.625 0.625 0.625 0.625 -0.025 ● GHM 2,000 1,800.00 1 0.900 0.900 0.900 0.900 0.000 ● HSB 3,600 5,830.18 3 1.620 1.619 1.619 1.620 0.000 ● LOM 6,950 15,151.00 2 2.180 2.180 2.180 2.180 0.000 ● MDI 5,700 2,052.00 1 0.360 0.360 0.360 0.360 0.000 ● MDS 7,100 11,679.50 2 1.645 1.645 1.645 1.645 0.000 ● MIA 5,900 26,550.00 2 4.500 4.500 4.500 4.500 0.000 ▲ MTP 1,000 2,000.00 1 2.000 2.000 2.000 2.000 0.001 ▲ RS2 21,601 83,888.92 17 3.905 3.850 3.865 3.905 0.055 ▲ TML 1,000 1,150.00 1 1.150 1.150 1.150 1.150 0.160 ▼ G17C 12,000 12,838.80 1 106.990 106.990 106.990 106.990 -0.030 ▼ G18A 15,346 18,137.44 2 118.190 118.190 118.190 118.190 -0.050 ▲ G19C 22,500 24,741.00 1 109.960 109.960 109.960 109.960 0.020 ▼ G20A 1,631 1,971.06 1 120.850 120.850 120.850 120.850 -0.030 ▼ G20B 1,600 1,885.92 1 117.870 117.870 117.870 117.870 -0.020 ▼ G21A 58,143 72,300.82 2 124.350 124.350 124.350 124.350 -0.050 ▼ G22A 46,122 59,146.85 1 128.240 128.240 128.240 128.240 -0.070 ▼ G22B 10,000 12,262.00 2 122.620 122.620 122.620 122.620 -0.060 ▼ G24A 80,000 94,568.00 1 118.210 118.210 118.210 118.210 -0.120 ▼ G28A 30,000 40,881.00 1 136.270 136.270 136.270 136.270 -0.310 ▼ G28B 13,000 17,290.00 4 133.000 133.000 133.000 133.000 -0.310 ▼ G29A 3,000 4,229.10 1 140.970 140.970 140.970 140.970 -0.380 ▼ G29B 16,000 17,177.60 2 107.360 107.360 107.360 107.360 -0.340 ▼ G30A 139,100 199,358.12 10 143.320 143.320 143.320 143.320 -0.390 ▼ G32B 150,500 201,083.00 2 133.610 133.600 133.600 133.610 -0.350 ▼ G33A 40,000 52,496.00 2 131.240 131.240 131.240 131.240 -0.340 ▼ G34A 15,000 19,152.00 1 127.680 127.680 127.680 127.680 -0.320 ▼ G40A 20,800 22,595.04 2 108.630 108.630 108.630 108.630 -0.480 ● 6PM25 100,000 109,560.00 3 109.560 109.560 109.560 109.560 0.000 ● BV19B 12,000 12,481.20 1 104.010 104.010 104.010 104.010 0.000 ▼ BV30A 175,000 174,485.00 4 99.740 99.700 99.740 99.700 -0.040 ▲ CF19A 11,400 11,739.00 12 103.950 102.900 102.900 103.950 1.450 ▲ HB17A 2,260 2,294.35 1 101.520 101.520 101.520 101.520 0.010 ▲ HB18A 2,500 2,654.25 1 106.170 106.170 106.170 106.170 0.000 ▲ HM24A 6,400 7,027.20 1 109.800 109.800 109.800 109.800 1.800 ▲ IG24A 9,300 10,257.90 1 110.300 110.300 110.300 110.300 0.290 ▲ IH23A 5,000 5,470.40 2 109.510 109.000 109.510 109.000 0.500 ● MB19A 75,000 82,687.50 2 110.250 110.250 110.250 110.250 0.000 ● MF24A 12,000 13,274.40 1 110.620 110.620 110.620 110.620 0.000 ▲ MO19A 500 517.50 1 103.500 103.500 103.500 103.500 0.490 ▲ MS23A 1,800 1,971.90 1 109.550 109.550 109.550 109.550 0.040 ● MS26A 100,000 104,500.00 2 104.500 104.500 104.500 104.500 0.000 ▼ PG22A 10,000 11,399.00 1 113.990 113.990 113.990 113.990 -0.010 Market Summary as at March 8, 2016 Equity Official List Session State ................................................................... Market Closed Number of trades ............................................................. 112 Volume Traded ................................................................. 1,347,457 Value of € denominated securities .................................... 1,581,356.35 Value of US$ denominated securities ................................ 56,258.75 Value of GBP£ denominated securities .............................. 600.00 Current Index ................................................................... 4,579.284 Previous Index ................................................................. 4,562.604 Change in Index (%) ......................................................... 0.366% 6pm Holdings plc ......................... 0.750 0.00% MaltaPost plc ................................ 2.000 0.05% Bank of Valletta plc ....................... 2.270 0.89% Medserv plc .................................. 1.645 0.00% FIMBank plc ................................. 0.625 -3.85% Mapfre Middlesea plc .................... 2.510 0.00% GlobalCapital plc .......................... 0.460 0.00% MIDI plc ........................................ 0.360 0.00% GO plc .......................................... 3.360 0.00% Plaza Centres plc ........................... 1.050 0.00% Grand Harbour Marina plc ............. 0.900 0.00% RS2 Software plc............................ 3.905 1.43% HSBC Bank Malta plc ..................... 1.620 0.00% Simonds Farsons Cisk plc .............. 6.300 0.00% International Hotel Investments plc 0.714 0.00% Tigné Mall plc ................................ 1.150 16.16% Island Hotels Group Holdings plc .. 1.101 0.00% Pefaco International plc ................ 2.240 0.00% Lombard Bank Malta plc ............... 2.180 0.00% Santumas Shareholdings plc ......... 2.300 0.00% Malita Investments plc ................... 0.985 0.00% Malta Properties Company plc ....... 0.580 0.00% Malta International Airport plc ....... 4.500 0.00% MSE Index Business Today Oil hits $40 a barrel amid commodities comeback The oil price has gone above $40 a barrel for the first time this year as commodities continue to rally. Brent crude, used as an international benchmark, rose more than 5% to trade at $40.83 a barrel. Oil dropped below $28 in January, but has since risen as part of a wider recovery in energy and metal prices. The price of iron also shot up, rising 20% amid greater optimism about Chinese economic growth and demand for the metal in the country's refineries. The price of Brent crude has now gone up more than 40% from the low it reached in January, although it remains 70% below its peak in the summer of 2014. The rise is being put down to talks taking place between oil-producing countries in an effort to curb production. No concrete agreements have been reached, but a number of key oil-producing nations are meeting in Moscow this month. Meanwhile, ratings agency Fitch said oil prices would remain at an average of $35 a barrel this year. Japan's economy shrinks less than fi rst thought Japan's economy shrank less than previously thought in the last three months of 2015, surprising ana- lysts. Gross domestic product contracted at an annualised rate of 1.1% for the period, compared with an earlier reading of 1.4%, official figures showed. Analysts had been widely expecting to see an annualised contraction of 1.5% for the period. Japan has been trying to revive its flagging economy, which has struggled with deflation for nearly 20 years. The annualised figure is the rate at which the economy would have contracted over a full 12 months, had the December quarter been a reflection of the entire year. Tuesday's revised numbers showed a slightly upward revision for domestic and private demand. On a quarter-on-quarter basis, the world's third biggest economy shrank 0.3% compared with an earlier reading of 0.4%, cabinet numbers showed. The contraction for the three months to December adds to a string of setbacks for the government's economic reform policy. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's plan to revive the economy - dubbed Abenomics - was introduced after his December 2013 election win. Its aim was to combat deflation, as well as boost demand and investment. In a surprise move last month, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) introduced a negative interest rate of -0.1%. The rate cut into negative territory - the first ever for Japan - is designed to increase spending and investment, which should in turn boost economic growth. But analysts said there was more work for the BOJ to do. "We expect policymakers to lower the interest rate on excess reserves from -0.1% to -0.3% and to step up the pace of asset purchases at next week's meeting," said Japan economist Marcel Thieliant from Capital Economics. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 was down 0.4% to 16,848.80 in early trading. Chinese exports plunge 25% in February Chinese exports have seen their sharpest drop in almost seven years, adding to concerns over the health of the world's second largest economy. Exports dropped sharply by 25.4% from a year earlier, while imports fell 13.8%. The weak data comes on the heels of Beijing registering the slowest economic growth in 25 years. China's National People's Congress, currently underway in the capital, has just revised the 2016 growth target down, predicting a "battle for growth". The February trade figures are likely to raise new fears over China struggling to maintain economic growth while implementing reforms and trying to shift towards more services and domestic spending. Customs figures showed exports fell to $126.1bn last month. That was down 25.4% from a year earlier and worse than an expected fall of about 15%. The poor trade data marks the worst performance since the height of the global financial crisis in May 2009. However, analysts cautioned that the data might have been affected by the longer-than-usual Chinese Lunar New Year holidays. With China often referred to as "the engine of global growth", the weaker global demand for its goods is read as an indicator of the general global economic climate.