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maltatoday WEDNESDAY 13 DECEMBER 2017 12 Business Today Regular market closed –12/12/2017 Symbol Code Volume Traded Value Traded Trades High Price Low Price Open Price Close Price Change s BOV 152,191 274,050.12 13 1.820 1.800 1.800 1.820 0.020 t GO 2,800 9,940.00 2 3.550 3.550 3.550 3.550 -0.030 t HSB 2,846 5,094.34 1 1.790 1.790 1.790 1.790 -0.009 l IHI 12,227 7,530.74 2 0.620 0.615 0.615 0.620 0.000 s LOM 2,972 6,776.16 2 2.280 2.280 2.280 2.280 0.050 s MDS 14,000 15,590.00 10 1.120 1.102 1.102 1.120 0.019 s MIA 1,500 7,020.00 1 4.680 4.680 4.680 4.680 0.015 t MMS 4,000 7,122.50 2 1.781 1.780 1.781 1.780 -0.035 t MPC 1,530 673.20 1 0.440 0.440 0.440 0.440 -0.015 s RS2 16,600 25,224.80 5 1.528 1.515 1.515 1.528 0.048 t G18A 5,500,000 5,753,550.00 2 104.610 104.610 104.610 104.610 -0.140 s G29A 22,000 31,127.80 3 141.490 141.490 141.490 141.490 0.940 t G30A 20,000 28,898.00 2 144.490 144.490 144.490 144.490 -0.010 s G31A 250,000 364,950.00 1 145.980 145.980 145.980 145.980 0.730 s G32A 400,000 560,588.00 2 140.150 140.000 140.000 140.150 0.310 s G32B 400,000 550,520.00 2 137.630 137.630 137.630 137.630 1.150 t G34A 15,000 20,100.00 1 134.000 134.000 134.000 134.000 -0.510 s G36A 400,000 442,721.15 8 110.730 110.000 110.000 110.730 0.210 t G39A 45,000 46,096.00 3 102.440 102.400 102.440 102.400 -0.100 s AX24A 10,000 11,050.00 1 110.500 110.500 110.500 110.500 0.490 l BV18A 27,700 27,977.00 2 101.000 101.000 101.000 101.000 0.000 s BV30B 17,000 16,670.00 3 98.500 98.000 98.000 98.500 0.500 s BX27A 35,300 35,523.60 5 100.950 100.250 100.250 100.880 0.640 s CB27A 3,000 3,090.00 1 103.000 103.000 103.000 103.000 0.050 s CF26A 5,000 5,102.50 1 102.050 102.050 102.050 102.050 0.040 l GC21A 8,800 8,712.00 1 99.000 99.000 99.000 99.000 0.000 l HP25A 2,000 2,070.00 1 103.500 103.500 103.500 103.500 0.000 t IG24A 17,100 18,038.99 2 105.500 105.490 105.500 105.490 -0.010 t IH26A 5,400 5,535.00 4 102.500 102.500 102.500 102.500 -0.020 t MD26A 4,100 4,192.30 2 102.260 102.250 102.260 102.250 -0.010 l ST27A 11,000 11,322.80 2 102.940 102.900 102.900 102.940 0.000 s UF23A 2,000 2,106.00 1 105.300 105.300 105.300 105.300 0.290 l VH24A 10,000 9,949.00 2 99.490 99.490 99.490 99.490 0.000 Market Summary as at 12/12/2017 Equity Official List Session State ................................................................... Market Closed Number of trades ........................................................... 98 Volume Traded ................................................................. 7,471,014 Value of € denominated securities .................................... 8,341,504.00 Value of US$ denominated securities ................................ 16,954.72 Value of GBP£ denomi nated securities .............................. 0.00 Current Index ................................................................... - Previous Index ................................................................. - Change in Index (%) ......................................................... - Bank of Valletta plc ........................ 1.800 2.86% Medserv plc .................................. 1.101 -1.70% FIMBank plc .................................. 0.649 6.39% Mapfre Middlesea plc .................... 1.815 0.83% GlobalCapital plc ........................... 0.312 0.00% MIDI plc ........................................ 0.347 -0.86% GO plc ........................................... 3.580 0.00% Plaza Centres plc ........................... 1.020 0.00% Grand Harbour Marina plc ............. 0.763 0.00% RS2 Software plc............................ 1.480 -2.63% HSBC Bank Malta plc ..................... 1.799 0.00% Simonds Farsons Cisk plc ............... 9.001 1.13% International Hotel Investments plc 0.620 0.00% Tigné Mall plc ................................ 0.965 0.00% Lombard Bank Malta plc ................ 2.230 0.86% Pefaco International plc ................. 2.240 0.00% Malita Investments plc ................... 0.755 0.53% Santumas Shareholdings plc ......... 1.500 0.00% Malta International Airport plc ....... 4.665 0.11% Malta Properties Company plc ........ 0.455 0.00% MaltaPost plc ................................. 2.120 0.00% PG plc ........................................... 1.450 0.00% MSE Index ..................................................... North Korea may be amassing a fortune from bitcoin Speculators aren't the only ones cheering the runaway bitcoin boom – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un may also be celebrating a windfall In recent months, experts and officials say North Korea has been "mining" bitcoin, de- manding it as ransom payment and outright stealing the digi- tal currency. "It is a fact that North Korea has been attacking virtual currency exchanges," said Lee Dong-geun, a director with South Korea's state-run Korea Internet and Security Agency. "We don't know how much North Korea has stolen so far, but we do know that the police have confirmed the regime's hacking attempts." North Korean hackers targeted four different exchanges that trade bitcoin and other digital currencies in South Korea in July and August, sending malicious emails to employees, according to police. Bitcoin is a type of cryptocurrency that lives on computer servers. The virtual coins are "mined" by complex algorithms and recorded in a digital ledger. Experts say it's unclear how much bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies North Korea has amassed. "It's reasonable to assume some – and the value is increasing significantly at the moment," said Bryce Boland, Singapore-based chief technology officer with cybersecurity firm FireEye. Experts say the attacks are likely to continue as bitcoin's price skyrockets. Bitcoin started the year below $1,000 but has since soared more than 1,500%, crossing $17,000 for the first time last week. It's not just bitcoin's dizzying gains that make it appealing to North Korea. The digital currency was designed to operate outside the control of governments or banks. That's likely to appeal to North Korea at a time when the US is stepping up efforts to cut the country out of the international financial system over its nuclear weapons program. It has also proved popular in the past with criminals because of the amount of anonymity it allows. Bitcoin isn't tied to any central bank, and payments can be made anonymously without using banks as middlemen. That could help North Korea convert its stash into money it can more easily use. Bitcoins are often held in accounts with online exchanges. But Boland points out that hackers can easily swap them into more obscure cryptocurrencies, move them to other exchanges and eventually withdraw them in traditional currencies like dollars. "They could do those transactions very quickly ... and avoid traceability of the cash," Boland said. North Korea has repeatedly denied involvement in international hacking attacks. But it has made no secret of its interest in bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.