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maltatoday, WEDNESDAY, 13 JULY 2016 12 Regular market closed – 12/7/2016 Symbol Code Volume Traded Value Traded Trades High Price Low Price Open Price Close Price Change ▲ BOV 6,140 13,661.88 5 2.227 2.220 2.227 2.220 0.001 ● FIM 20,000 20,000.00 3 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 0.000 ▼ GO 520 1,482.00 2 2.850 2.850 2.850 2.850 -0.030 ▲ HSB 1,240 1,984.00 1 1.600 1.600 1.600 1.600 0.020 ▲ MDS 8,926 16,221.32 3 1.840 1.810 1.810 1.840 0.020 ▼ MIA 1,216 5,155.84 2 4.240 4.240 4.240 4.240 -0.010 ▼ MLT 15,000 13,200.00 1 0.880 0.880 0.880 0.880 -0.010 ▼ MMS 1,000 2,010.00 1 2.010 2.010 2.010 2.010 -0.390 ● MPC 520 263.64 1 0.507 0.507 0.507 0.507 0.000 ▼ RS2 44,924 96,199.18 8 2.150 2.130 2.138 2.140 -0.010 ▼ G19A 10,250 12,357.40 1 120.560 120.560 120.560 120.560 -0.100 ▼ G20A 19,334 23,200.80 1 120.000 120.000 120.000 120.000 -0.100 ▲ G20E 65,000 70,187.00 2 107.980 107.980 107.980 107.980 0.390 ▼ G21A 31,894 39,666.57 4 124.370 124.370 124.370 124.370 -0.090 ▼ G22B 47,000 57,913.40 4 123.220 123.220 123.220 123.220 -0.100 ▼ G23A 41,030 55,132.01 5 134.370 134.370 134.370 134.370 -0.210 ▼ G24A 100,000 120,210.00 2 120.210 120.210 120.210 120.210 -0.280 ▼ G28B 59,000 80,393.40 2 136.260 136.260 136.260 136.260 -0.350 ▼ G29B 144,000 159,638.40 4 110.860 110.860 110.860 110.860 -0.190 ▼ G30A 52,800 77,959.20 6 147.650 147.650 147.650 147.650 -0.330 ▼ G32B 6,000 8,335.20 1 138.920 138.920 138.920 138.920 -0.320 ▼ G33A 14,000 19,187.00 3 137.050 137.050 137.050 137.050 -0.340 ▼ G34A 7,000 9,356.90 1 133.670 133.670 133.670 133.670 -0.370 ▼ G36A 224,000 238,343.20 6 106.430 106.380 106.430 106.380 -0.350 ▼ G40A 55,600 62,689.00 3 112.750 112.750 112.750 112.750 -0.370 ▲ 6PM25 35,000 38,468.50 3 109.910 109.910 109.910 109.910 0.100 ▲ BV19B 4,600 4,761.00 1 103.500 103.500 103.500 103.500 0.100 ▲ BV20A 11,700 12,459.33 3 106.490 106.490 106.490 106.490 1.390 ▼ HP25A 49,300 53,441.20 4 108.400 108.400 108.400 108.400 -0.100 ▼ MB24A 55,500 58,913.25 3 106.150 106.150 106.150 106.150 -0.100 ▼ MS23A 2,300 2,507.00 1 109.000 109.000 109.000 109.000 -0.100 ▼ MS26B 25,000 26,502.50 1 106.010 106.010 106.010 106.010 -0.740 ▼ PT24A 69,000 73,761.00 1 106.900 106.900 106.900 106.900 -0.110 ● SF20A 700 724.50 1 103.500 103.500 103.500 103.500 0.000 Market Summary as at July 12, 2016 Equity Official List Session State ................................................................... Market Closed Number of trades ............................................................. 90 Volume Traded ................................................................. 1,229,494 Value of € denominated securities .................................... 1,429,783.12 Value of US$ denominated securities ................................ 46,502.50 Value of GBP£ denominated securities .............................. - Current Index ................................................................... 4,532.434 Previous Index ................................................................. 4,568.844 Change in Index (%) ......................................................... -0.797% 6pm Holdings plc ......................... 0.900 -5.26% MaltaPost plc ................................ 1.830 -8.04% Bank of Valletta plc ........................ 2.219 -0.45% Medserv plc .................................. 1.820 0.00% FIMBank plc .................................. 1.000 3.09% Mapfre Middlesea plc .................... 2.400 0.00% GlobalCapital plc ........................... 0.499 0.00% MIDI plc ........................................ 0.380 0.00% GO plc ........................................... 2.880 1.05% Plaza Centres plc ........................... 1.070 0.00% Grand Harbour Marina plc ............. 0.900 0.00% RS2 Software plc ........................... 2.150 0.09% HSBC Bank Malta plc ..................... 1.580 0.00% Simonds Farsons Cisk plc .............. 6.280 0.00% International Hotel Investments plc 0.699 0.00% Tigné Mall plc ............................... 1.050 0.00% Island Hotels Group Holdings plc ... 1.101 0.00% Pefaco International plc ................. 2.240 0.00% Lombard Bank Malta plc ............... 2.200 0.00% Santumas Shareholdings plc ........ 2.350 0.00% Malita Investments plc .................. 0.890 0.00% Malta Properties Company plc ....... 0.507 0.00% Malta International Airport plc ....... 4.250 0.00% MSE Index Business Today Research and development expenditure up by €1.5 million in 2014 During 2014, an increase in total expenditure on Research and De- velopment (R&D) activities was registered at €1.5 million, equiva- lent to 2.5% over 2013, according to data. Figures show that the business enterprise sector contributed to 55.3% of total R&D, whereas the higher education and government sectors contributed 34.7% and 10% respectively. The added R&D expenditure was triggered by higher outlays on recurrent expenditure of €4.7 million, mainly as a result of higher labour costs in the business enterprise and higher education sectors, the NSO said. Statistics show that on the other hand, outlays on capital expenditure decreased by €3.2 million mainly due to a decline in land and buildings in the higher education sector, with labour costs representing 63.2% of total expenditure, whereas other recurrent expenditure and capital projects had a share of 18.9% and 17.9% respectively. The NSO figures also show that in 2014, the highest rate of R&D activity was recorded in engineering and technology, which accounted for 35.7% of total expenditure, followed by natural sciences (24.2%) and medical sciences (20.5%). Year- on-year comparisons show that the highest increase was registered in engineering and technology, by €4.5 million, but conversely, medical sciences went down by €2.0 million. The majority of R&D activity in engineering and technology and natural sciences was undertaken in business enterprises whereas research in relation to medical sciences was mainly carried out by the government sector. Each sector mostly funds its own research, supplemented by foreign funds, mainly foreign business enterprise funds for the Business Enterprise sector, general university funds for the Higher Education sector and EU funds for the government sector, with foreign funds for R&D reaching €12.7 million, or 21% of total funds. Figures show that in 2014, 2,310 employees were engaged in R&D work, of whom 1,363 dedicated part of their time to R&D, with the highest R&D employment rate registered in the higher education sector, at 1,181 employees, followed by the business enterprise sector, with 1,077 employees. Male employment was predominant among researchers and technicians, the NSO added. As regards employment by major field of science, in 2014 the highest employment activity in R&D was recorded in engineering and technology with 687 employees, followed by natural sciences and social sciences, with 653 and 358 employees respectively. The statistics showed that in 2015, the highest outlays on the government budget appropriations or Outlays for R&D (GBAORD) were recorded in the socio- economic activities related to Health (€6.5 million), Industrial Production and Technology (€4.9 million) and Culture, Recreation, Religion and Media (€4.2 million). In 2014, total expenditure on research and development amounted to €60.5 million, or 0.75% of GDP