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maltatoday, WEDNESDAY, 16 MARCH 2016 12 Regular market closed – 15/3/2016 Symbol Code Volume Traded Value Traded Trades High Price Low Price Open Price Close Price Change ▲ BOV 17,868 40,525.36 8 2.280 2.265 2.270 2.280 0.020 ▼ GCL 4,903 2,128.85 3 0.450 0.400 0.450 0.400 -0.050 ▲ GO 12,980 44,343.50 6 3.450 3.390 3.390 3.400 0.010 ● IHI 110,952 72,118.80 7 0.650 0.650 0.650 0.650 0.000 ▼ LOM 1,317 2,851.31 1 2.165 2.165 2.165 2.165 -0.015 ▲ MDS 39,703 65,345.17 5 1.690 1.645 1.645 1.690 0.045 ● MIA 320 1,439.68 1 4.499 4.499 4.499 4.499 0.000 ● MPC 15,000 8,550.00 1 0.570 0.570 0.570 0.570 0.000 ● MTP 10,500 20,790.00 3 1.980 1.980 1.980 1.980 0.000 ▼ RS2 8,490 33,608.00 7 4.000 3.949 4.000 3.949 -0.091 ▲ SFC 4,900 29,498.00 3 6.020 6.020 6.020 6.020 0.010 ▼ TML 64,516 67,741.80 4 1.050 1.050 1.050 1.050 -0.100 ▲ G17C 32,000 34,211.20 4 106.910 106.910 106.910 106.910 0.010 ▼ G19A 5,000 6,111.00 1 122.220 122.220 122.220 122.220 -0.010 ▼ G20B 18,000 21,213.00 2 117.850 117.850 117.850 117.850 -0.020 ▲ G20E 31,500 33,916.05 3 107.670 107.670 107.670 107.670 0.100 ▼ G21A 34,966 43,518.68 3 124.460 124.460 124.460 124.460 -0.030 ▼ G22A 23,000 29,541.20 2 128.440 128.440 128.440 128.440 -0.050 ▼ G22B 2,000 2,455.80 1 122.790 122.790 122.790 122.790 -0.040 ▲ G23A 3,727 4,985.61 1 133.770 133.770 133.770 133.770 0.240 ▲ G24A 39,600 46,997.28 4 118.680 118.680 118.680 118.680 0.350 ▲ G28A 80,500 110,470.15 6 137.230 137.230 137.230 137.230 0.230 ▼ G28B 59,400 79,578.18 5 133.970 133.970 133.970 133.970 -0.170 ▼ G29B 90,000 97,506.00 6 108.340 108.340 108.340 108.340 -0.150 ▼ G30A 31,000 44,847.70 2 144.670 144.670 144.670 144.670 -0.030 ▲ G31A 58,800 85,296.75 7 145.150 145.000 145.000 145.150 0.250 ▲ G32A 48,000 66,240.00 2 138.000 138.000 138.000 138.000 0.380 ▲ G32B 20,000 27,074.00 2 135.370 135.370 135.370 135.370 0.430 ▲ G33A 80,000 106,469.60 6 133.290 133.000 133.000 133.290 1.330 ▲ G34A 188,000 244,369.90 12 130.010 129.330 129.330 130.010 1.020 ▲ G36AA 433,800 448,078.57 9 103.300 103.270 103.300 103.270 1.770 ▲ G40A 180,600 198,642.55 19 110.000 109.950 109.980 109.950 0.020 ● AX24A 8,800 10,127.00 3 115.500 114.800 114.800 115.500 0.000 ▼ BV30A 50,000 49,805.00 3 99.720 99.500 99.720 99.500 -0.100 ▼ GH20A 3,100 3,255.00 1 105.000 105.000 105.000 105.000 -2.500 ▼ HM24A 1,700 1,839.40 1 108.200 108.200 108.200 108.200 -1.800 ● HP25A 23,200 24,888.70 5 107.500 105.550 107.100 105.550 0.000 ● IG24A 10,100 11,140.30 2 110.300 110.300 110.300 110.300 0.000 ▼ MI17A 20,000 19,898.00 2 99.490 99.490 99.490 99.490 -0.460 ● MI20A 45,000 47,700.00 1 106.000 106.000 106.000 106.000 0.000 ● MS23A 800 876.40 1 109.550 109.550 109.550 109.550 0.000 Market Summary as at March 15, 2016 Equity Official List Session State ................................................................... Market Closed Number of trades ............................................................. 165 Volume Traded ................................................................. 1,914,042 Value of € denominated securities .................................... 2,289,993.49 Value of US$ denominated securities ................................ 0.00 Value of GBP£ denominated securities .............................. 0.00 Current Index ................................................................... 4,543.519 Previous Index ................................................................. 4,547.517 Change in Index (%) ......................................................... -0.088% 6pm Holdings plc ......................... 0.750 0.00% MaltaPost plc ................................ 1.980 0.00% Bank of Valletta plc ....................... 2.260 -0.44% Medserv plc .................................. 1.645 0.00% FIMBank plc ................................. 0.660 1.54% Mapfre Middlesea plc .................... 2.500 0.00% GlobalCapital plc .......................... 0.450 0.00% MIDI plc ........................................ 0.360 0.00% GO plc .......................................... 3.390 0.00% Plaza Centres plc ........................... 1.030 -1.90% Grand Harbour Marina plc ............. 0.900 0.00% RS2 Software plc............................ 4.040 -0.25% HSBC Bank Malta plc ..................... 1.620 0.00% Simonds Farsons Cisk plc ............... 6.010 0.17% International Hotel Investments plc 0.650 0.00% Tigné Mall plc ................................ 1.150 0.00% 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 ........ 2.360 0.00% Malita Investments plc .................. 0.962 -0.62% Malta Properties Company plc ....... 0.570 -0.87% Malta International Airport plc ....... 4.499 -0.02% MSE Index Business Today Google's AI wins fi nal Go challenge Google's DeepMind artificial intel- ligence has secured its fourth win over a master player, in the final of a five-match challenge. Lee Se-dol, one of the world's top Go players, won just one of the matches against the AlphaGo programme, missing out on the $1m prize up for grabs. Demis Hassabis, founder of DeepMind, said the match had been the "most exciting and stressful" for his team. Lee Se-dol said he felt "regrettable" that the competition had ended. At a press conference held after the final match, Lee said he did not necessarily think AlphaGo was superior to humans. But he said he had more studying to do, and admitted the matches had challenged some of his ideas about the game Go. In Go, players take turn placing stones on a 19-by-19 grid, competing to take control of the most territory. The game is considered to be much more challenging for computers than chess. Ahead of the final, China's top ranked Go player Ke Jie said he believed he could beat Google's AI. He told China Central Television: "In terms of probability, I have a chance to win, but the probability is not as high as I thought before. I think it is 60 per cent in favour of me." The five-match challenge began in Seoul on 9 March, where AlphaGo scored its first victory. After losing the second match, Lee Se-dol said he was "speechless" adding that the AlphaGo machine played a "nearly perfect game". In the third game commentators said that Lee Se-dol had brought his "top game" but that AlphaGo had won "in great style". Google's winning streak means it will pocket the $1million prize on offer. But Lee Se-dol did win the fourth game, after which he said: "I've never been congratulated so much because I've won one game." The AlphaGo system was developed by British computer company DeepMind, which was bought by Google in 2014. It has built up its expertise by studying older games and teasing out patterns of play. Oil falls as worry over growing stockpile cuts short rally Oil prices fell about 3 percent on Monday on concerns that a six- week market recovery has gone beyond fundamentals as U.S. crude stockpiles continue to build and Iran maintains little inter- est in joining major producers in freezing production. Crude inventories across the United States likely hit record highs for a fifth straight week last week, rising 3.3 million barrels, a Reuters poll of analysts said. Stockpiles at the Cushing, Oklahoma grew almost 850,000 barrels to 69.6 million in the week to March 11, bringing storage at the delivery hub for U.S. crude futures to near capacity, traders said, citing market intelligence firm Genscape. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, meanwhile, said global demand for crude from its members, including Saudi Arabia and Iran, will be less than previously thought in 2016 due to competing non-OPEC supply. OPEC supply will likely exceed demand by about 760,000 barrels per day, up from 720,000 bpd it implied earlier. Russia said OPEC's meeting with other key oil producers on an output freeze will probably be held in Doha in next month. It said Iran supports the plan, while Tehran says it wants to double its crude exports to 4 million bpd first. "All the data out there is suggesting higher supply and lesser demand for oil, and that could only mean lower prices," said Phillip Streible, market strategist at RJO Futures in Chicago. U.S. crude futures CLc1 settled down $1.32, or 3.4 percent, at $37.18 a barrel, while Brent LCOc1 finished down 86 cents, or 2 percent, at $39.53. Monday's price slide came after last week's rally of 7 percent in U.S. crude, which was up for a fourth straight week. Brent gained 4 percent last week, up for a third week in a row. Investment bank Morgan Stanley predicted a $25-$45 trading range for U.S. crude in an oversupplied but volatile market, concurring with several analysts' views. "From a longer-term perspective over the coming four to six weeks, we still anticipate an ultimate crude price decline to the $26- 28 area," said Jim Ritterbusch at Chicago energy consultancy Ritterbusch & Associates. Money managers, including hedge funds, raised their bullish bets on U.S. crude for a third week in a row to November highs last week, but cut net long positions in Brent. "I think we are back to inventory watching and the pressure will start moving to the bulls' positioning as the market will likely have little patience with large net (stockpile) builds," said Scott Shelton, broker with ICAP in Durham, North Carolina.