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maltatoday, WEDNESDAY, 23 MARCH 2016 12 Regular market closed – 22/3/2016 Symbol Code Volume Traded Value Traded Trades High Price Low Price Open Price Close Price Change ● BOV 43,139 96,983.52 16 2.250 2.241 2.250 2.250 0.000 ● FIM 18,000 12,600.00 2 0.700 0.700 0.700 0.700 0.000 ● GO 1,600 5,440.00 1 3.400 3.400 3.400 3.400 0.000 ● HSB 3,874 6,120.92 2 1.580 1.580 1.580 1.580 0.000 ▼ IHI 3,300 2,145.00 1 0.650 0.650 0.650 0.650 -0.015 ▲ LOM 200,023 430,842.35 13 2.250 2.150 2.150 2.250 0.100 ● MDS 11,420 19,414.00 2 1.700 1.700 1.700 1.700 0.000 ▼ MPC 30,600 17,402.00 4 0.570 0.566 0.570 0.566 -0.009 ● PZC 573 598.79 1 1.045 1.045 1.045 1.045 0.000 ▲ RS2 21,380 77,990.80 11 3.660 3.639 3.639 3.660 0.020 ▼ G16B 30,283 31,258.12 2 103.220 103.220 103.220 103.220 -0.080 ▲ G17C 270,700 289,270.02 8 106.860 106.860 106.860 106.860 0.010 ▲ G20B 25,000 29,477.50 2 117.910 117.910 117.910 117.910 0.010 ▼ G20E 40,500 43,650.90 3 107.780 107.780 107.780 107.780 -0.020 ● G21A 111,941 139,478.49 4 124.600 124.600 124.600 124.600 0.000 ▲ G22A 7,687 9,893.94 1 128.710 128.710 128.710 128.710 0.070 ▲ G22B 15,000 18,456.00 1 123.040 123.040 123.040 123.040 0.030 ▲ G28A 85,000 117,563.50 2 138.310 138.310 138.310 138.310 0.130 ▲ G28B 110,400 149,077.70 7 135.050 135.000 135.000 135.050 0.130 ● G29A 27,500 39,404.75 1 143.290 143.290 143.290 143.290 0.000 ▲ G29B 50,000 54,705.00 4 109.410 109.410 109.410 109.410 0.130 ▲ G30A 50,000 72,949.00 3 145.900 145.800 145.800 145.900 0.100 ▲ G32A 8,000 11,137.60 1 139.220 139.220 139.220 139.220 0.020 ● G32B 306,000 417,595.20 2 136.470 136.420 136.420 136.470 0.000 ▼ G34A 30,000 39,252.00 2 130.840 130.840 130.840 130.840 -0.100 ▼ G36AA 66,000 68,588.05 9 104.000 103.800 104.000 103.800 -0.200 ▼ G40A 102,500 112,297.40 6 109.580 109.450 109.580 109.580 -0.250 ● BV18A 30,000 31,203.00 1 104.010 104.010 104.010 104.010 0.000 ● BV19A 3,400 3,621.00 1 106.500 106.500 106.500 106.500 0.000 ● BV20A 6,000 6,270.00 2 104.500 104.500 104.500 104.500 0.000 ● CB21A 2,000 2,100.00 1 105.000 105.000 105.000 105.000 0.000 ● CB25A 8,000 8,480.00 1 106.000 106.000 106.000 106.000 0.000 ▲ IG24A 5,700 6,270.00 1 110.000 110.000 110.000 110.000 0.500 ▼ MI20A 16,300 16,895.00 5 104.000 103.000 104.000 103.000 -1.500 ▼ MO19A 3,000 3,090.30 1 103.010 103.010 103.010 103.010 -0.490 ▲ MS23A 14,500 15,889.36 3 109.610 109.550 109.560 109.610 0.060 ● MS26A 65,000 68,250.00 3 105.000 105.000 105.000 105.000 0.000 ● PT24A 100 109.00 1 109.000 109.000 109.000 109.000 0.000 ● TI20A 4,300 4,472.43 1 104.010 104.010 104.010 104.010 0.000 Market Summary as at March 22, 2016 Equity Official List Session State ................................................................... Market Closed Number of trades ............................................................. 132 Volume Traded ................................................................. 1,828,720 Value of € denominated securities .................................... 2,467,642.64 Value of US$ denominated securities ................................ 12,600.00 Value of GBP£ denominated securities .............................. 0.00 Current Index ................................................................... 4,494.120 Previous Index ................................................................. 4,497.812 Change in Index (%) ......................................................... -0.082% 6pm Holdings plc ......................... 0.770 0.00% MaltaPost plc ................................ 1.980 0.00% Bank of Valletta plc ....................... 2.250 0.00% Medserv plc .................................. 1.700 0.00% FIMBank plc ................................. 0.700 0.00% Mapfre Middlesea plc .................... 2.490 0.00% GlobalCapital plc .......................... 0.360 0.00% MIDI plc ........................................ 0.360 0.00% GO plc .......................................... 3.400 0.00% Plaza Centres plc ........................... 1.045 0.00% Grand Harbour Marina plc ............. 0.900 0.00% RS2 Software plc ........................... 3.660 0.55% HSBC Bank Malta plc ..................... 1.580 0.00% Simonds Farsons Cisk plc .............. 6.020 0.00% International Hotel Investments plc 0.650 -2.26% Tigné Mall plc ............................... 1.049 0.00% Island Hotels Group Holdings plc .. 1.101 0.00% Pefaco International plc ................ 2.240 0.00% Lombard Bank Malta plc ............... 2.250 4.65% Santumas Shareholdings plc ........ 2.360 0.00% Malita Investments plc .................. 0.955 0.00% Malta Properties Company plc ........ 0.566 -1.57% Malta International Airport plc ....... 4.420 0.00% MSE Index Business Today Former Intel chief Andrew Grove dies aged 79 Andrew Grove, one of the architects of semiconductor giant Intel's suc- cess, has died aged 79. Grove was the third employee at Intel and one of the leaders of its engineering team. He helped the company move from making memory chips to processors, a decision that let to its dominance in the supply of chips powering PCs. He served as chief executive of Intel from 1987 to 1998 and then became chairman of its board until 2005. Born Andras Grof in Budapest, Hungary, he emigrated to the US in 1956 aged 20 after living through Nazi persecution, a Soviet siege, repression under different Communist regimes and the crushing of a popular uprising. In the US, he taught himself English at the same time as he studied chemical engineering, earning a doctorate in the subject in 1963. Straight after, he joined Fairchild Semiconductor and formed friendships with Gordon Moore and Robert Noyce. Grove joined the pair in 1968 when they left Fairchild to set up Intel, becoming the third employee at the fledgling semiconductor maker. Grove was director of engineering at Intel, initially overseeing its production of memory chips. He was instrumental in changing this manufacturing focus in the late 1970s in response to growing competition and ongoing production problems. He switched the company to making processors for the first microcomputers and negotiated with IBM to ensure it used only Intel chips in its personal computers. This helped establish the x86 line of processors that are synonymous with the rise of the PC. This strategy shift helped Intel's revenues rise from $1.9bn to more than $26bn. He was in charge of Intel in 1994 when a bug was found in the way some Pentium processors handled numbers used in some complicated calculations. Intel brushed off initial reports of the bug saying most people would never encounter it. However, a public outcry over the bug forced it to recall all affected processors. The cost of the recall cost Intel about $475m. Grove was also known for his painstaking management style, which helped to establish the internal culture of Intel. Grove stepped down from his role as chief executive in 1998 as he was being treated for prostate cancer. He remained as Intel's chairman until 2005. Intel has not given any details of what brought about his death. However, it is known that Grove was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2000. Grove is survived by his wife, Eva, to whom he was married for 58 years, their two children and eight grandchildren. Brazil oil giant Petrobras posts record quarterly loss Brazil's Petrobras, which is at the centre of a massive corruption scandal, has posted its biggest ever quarterly loss due to the plunge in oil prices. The state oil firm's net loss widened to 36.9bn reais ($10.2bn) in the three months to December. The company had to write down billions of dollars from assets like oil fields and drilling rigs after crude prices fell by more than 40%. Petrobras shares fell by nearly 6% in after hours US trading on the results. Its chief executive said in a press conference that 2015 was "an extremely difficult year for the oil industry". Petrobras has also been trying to deal with the fallout from an expanding corruption scandal that has gone to the top ranks of government and seen some of its former executives jailed. On Monday police arrested a man in Portugal they say was laundering payments for two of the jailed Petrobras executives. Police say the man, Raul Schmidt Felipe Junior, may also have acted as an intermediary between some foreign companies and Petrobras. Brazil is also mired in its worst recession in a century, which has led to weak demand at home for its fuel products. To maintain its finances, the firm has drastically reduced its spending and investment plans. Petrobras is also looking to sell some of its assets in order to raise more than $14bn. Andrew Grove