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maltatoday, WEDNESDAY, 17 AUGUST 2016 12 Regular market closed – 16/8/2016 Symbol Code Volume Traded Value Traded Trades High Price Low Price Open Price Close Price Change ▲ BOV 12,358 27,231.43 10 2.219 2.200 2.219 2.219 0.019 ▲ GO 13,700 40,375.00 6 2.950 2.930 2.930 2.950 0.030 ▼ HSB 4,275 6,669.00 4 1.560 1.560 1.560 1.560 -0.001 ▼ LOM 54,750 120,850.00 3 2.210 2.200 2.210 2.200 -0.049 ▲ MIA 3,245 13,726.35 2 4.230 4.230 4.230 4.230 0.010 ▲ MLT 6,000 5,130.00 1 0.855 0.855 0.855 0.855 0.004 ▲ MMS 1,000 2,060.00 1 2.060 2.060 2.060 2.060 0.010 ▲ RS2 37,238 69,001.80 14 1.860 1.840 1.840 1.860 0.010 ▼ G17C 250,000 262,850.00 2 105.140 105.140 105.140 105.140 -0.020 ▼ G19C 40,000 43,644.00 1 109.110 109.110 109.110 109.110 -0.240 ▼ G20B 8,000 9,336.80 3 116.710 116.710 116.710 116.710 -0.260 ▼ G21A 30,388 37,702.39 4 124.070 124.070 124.070 124.070 -0.030 ● G22B 1,500 1,848.15 1 123.210 123.210 123.210 123.210 0.000 ▲ G22D 200,000 214,700.00 2 107.350 107.350 107.350 107.350 0.240 ▲ G28A 2,300 3,234.26 1 140.620 140.620 140.620 140.620 0.580 ▲ G28B 5,800 7,971.52 3 137.440 137.440 137.440 137.440 0.080 ▲ G29A 7,000 10,213.00 3 145.900 145.900 145.900 145.900 0.730 ▲ G29B 42,200 47,353.70 7 112.230 112.200 112.200 112.230 0.030 ▲ G30A 73,000 108,762.80 5 149.000 148.910 148.910 149.000 0.180 ▲ G31A 3,000 4,496.70 1 149.890 149.890 149.890 149.890 0.250 ▲ G32A 31,000 44,333.10 3 143.010 143.010 143.010 143.010 0.110 ▲ G32B 2,000 2,805.00 1 140.250 140.250 140.250 140.250 0.120 ▲ G33A 2,500 3,456.75 1 138.270 138.270 138.270 138.270 0.150 ▲ G34A 160,000 216,262.00 3 135.170 135.070 135.070 135.170 0.130 ▲ G36A 226,700 243,604.46 13 107.480 107.380 107.480 107.380 0.040 ▲ G40A 130,800 150,708.20 3 115.250 115.070 115.070 115.150 0.080 ▲ 6PM25 9,500 10,440.50 1 109.900 109.900 109.900 109.900 0.090 ▼ AX24A 3,800 4,104.76 1 108.020 108.020 108.020 108.020 -1.980 ▼ BV18A 16,000 16,952.00 1 105.950 105.950 105.950 105.950 -0.050 ▲ BV19A 12,000 12,666.00 1 105.550 105.550 105.550 105.550 0.050 ▼ BV20A 2,600 2,730.00 1 105.000 105.000 105.000 105.000 -0.020 ▼ CB25A 3,000 3,087.00 1 102.900 102.900 102.900 102.900 -2.000 ▲ HB18A 6,000 6,375.00 1 106.250 106.250 106.250 106.250 0.240 ▼ HP25A 38,000 40,946.00 2 107.800 107.700 107.700 107.800 -0.100 ▲ IG24A 11,100 12,015.75 2 108.250 108.250 108.250 108.250 0.250 ▲ IH20A 1,000 1,017.70 1 101.770 101.770 101.770 101.770 0.020 ▼ IH26A 50,000 51,750.00 3 103.500 103.500 103.500 103.500 -0.190 ● MB19A 10,000 11,250.00 1 112.500 112.500 112.500 112.500 0.000 ▲ MB24A 10,000 10,616.00 1 106.160 106.160 106.160 106.160 0.010 ● MD26A 9,900 10,270.26 1 103.740 103.740 103.740 103.740 0.000 ● MF24A 15,200 16,720.00 2 110.000 110.000 110.000 110.000 0.000 ● MO19A 3,600 3,639.60 2 101.100 101.100 101.100 101.100 0.000 ▼ MS23A 1,800 1,963.80 1 109.100 109.100 109.100 109.100 -0.050 ▼ PT24A 6,000 6,387.00 1 106.450 106.450 106.450 106.450 -0.050 ▼ TI20A 4,300 4,381.70 1 101.900 101.900 101.900 101.900 -0.100 ▲ TI24A 6,000 6,483.00 1 108.050 108.050 108.050 108.050 0.040 Market Summary as at August 16, 2016 Equity Official List Session State ................................................................... Market Closed Number of trades ............................................................. 124 Volume Traded ................................................................. 1,568,554 Value of € denominated securities .................................... 1,932,122.48 Value of US$ denominated securities ................................ 0.00 Value of GBP£ denominated securities .............................. 0.00 Current Index ................................................................... 4,438.659 Previous Index ................................................................. 4,426.111 Change in Index (%) ......................................................... 0.283% 6pm Holdings plc ......................... 0.850 0.00% MaltaPost plc ................................ 1.880 0.00% Bank of Valletta plc ........................ 2.200 -1.12% Medserv plc .................................. 1.770 -0.56% FIMBank plc ................................. 0.980 0.00% Mapfre Middlesea plc .................... 2.050 0.49% GlobalCapital plc .......................... 0.350 0.00% MIDI plc ........................................ 0.375 0.00% GO plc .......................................... 2.920 0.00% Plaza Centres plc ........................... 1.070 0.00% Grand Harbour Marina plc ............. 0.900 0.00% RS2 Software plc ........................... 1.850 -2.63% HSBC Bank Malta plc ..................... 1.561 0.00% Simonds Farsons Cisk plc .............. 6.350 0.00% International Hotel Investments plc 0.650 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 ............... 2.249 0.00% Santumas Shareholdings plc ......... 2.350 0.00% Malita Investments plc .................. 0.851 0.00% Malta Properties Company plc ....... 0.525 0.00% Malta International Airport plc ....... 4.220 0.00% MSE Index Business Today EU planning crackdown on online services such as WhatsApp over privacy WhatsApp, Skype and other on- line messaging services face an EU crackdown aimed at safe- guarding users' privacy, in a move that highlights the gulf between Europe and the US in regulating the internet. The European commission will publish a draft law on data privacy that aims to ensure instant message and internet-voice-call services face similar security and privacy rules to those governing SMS text messages, mobile calls and landline calls. Jan Philipp Albrecht, a German Green MEP and prominent campaigner on data privacy, said: "It was obvious that there needs to be an adjustment to the reality of today. We see telecoms providers being replaced and those companies who seek to replace them need to be treated in the same way." According to a draft policy paper, the likes of WhatsApp, owned by Facebook, and Skype, owned by Microsoft, would have to abide by "security and confidentiality provisions". The policy paper, which is due in September, also outlines how these "over-the-top" services – where voice calls and messages are delivered via the internet – would have to comply with requests from security services, as well as regulating how they can make money from customer data. The early proposals are understood to be a long way from a final legal text, which is not expected until the end of the year. The draft law will then have to go through the EU legislative machine, agreement by the 28 EU member states, including the UK, and the European parliament. Albrecht said one of his priorities was tough new rules on encryption. The Edward Snowden revelations had made it clear that "every communication needs to be end-to-end encrypted", he said. Snowden, a former US contractor, handed a trove of documents to the Guardian and other n e w s p a p e r s that revealed how US and British i n t e l l i g e n c e had cracked the online e n c r y p t i o n used by millions of people to secure their personal data. The latest regulatory drive has rung alarm bells in the tech industry, as the new privacy proposals come hot on the heels of a significant new data privacy law agreed in June. TechUK, an industry group that represents 900 internet companies, including Facebook and Microsoft, urged the commission to "think carefully about the evidence of harm and the powers it already has at its disposal". Charlotte Holloway, director of policy at TechUK, said new regulations could have unintended effects far beyond OTT services and could spill into other areas, such as connecting devices to the internet. " I t ' s not just OTT messaging apps that could be affected in such a move, but new and emerging areas such as the 'internet of things' and smart city technologies," she said. "Commission officials must be vigilant to the unintended consequences of proposals which could undermine Europe's future economic potential." The UK, a critic of EU tech industry regulation, will have a say, but its voice will count for less following the Brexit vote. Louise Bennett, the chair of security at the British Chartered Institute for IT, accused the EU of coming up with too many conflicting regulations and pointed to inconsistent loopholes under the latest plans, such as an exemption for Skype- to-Skype calls. "Trying to replicate regulations that were done for a completely different media in a completely different age is well-nigh impossible," she said, adding that the plans showed the gulf in views on internet regulation between the US and Europe. "There will never be total reconciliation between American views, where freedom of speech matters most, and European views, where privacy matters most." The regulatory issues highlight the stark division between the technology sectors of Europe and the US. While the largest US technology firms, led by Apple and Google's parent, Alphabet, provide OTT services as part of their business, the largest European technology firms, such as Telefónica and Vodafone, are undercut by them. Messaging is also seen as a saturated market, with little chance of a European entrant disrupting any of the big players. Of the 10 biggest messaging services by number of users, just one, Skype, was founded in Europe, but it is now owned by Microsoft. The success or failure of OTT messaging services also has a strong bearing on national security issues worldwide. SMS messaging is almost entirely unencrypted and easily readable by law enforcement, but other messaging services vary in terms of their vulnerability to government agencies. WhatsApp and iMessage, for instance, enable end-to-end encryption by default on all messages, ensuring that even Facebook and Apple cannot access their content. By contrast, Facebook Messenger only encrypts messages end-to-end if the user actively opts in to a "private chat" mode. As such, law enforcement bodies with an appropriate court order can easily access most messages sent through the service. A European commission spokesperson said it was looking into the extent that people can consider OTT services "to be functional substitutes for services provided by traditional telecoms operators" and whether EU rules need to be adapted to better protect consumers.