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maltatoday WEDNESDAY 10 JANUARY 2018 12 Business Today Regular market closed –09/01/2018 Symbol Code Volume Traded Value Traded Trades High Price Low Price Open Price Close Price Change t BOV 94,143 168,037.85 31 1.800 1.780 1.800 1.780 -0.020 l FIM 8,500 5,851.28 2 0.690 0.680 0.680 0.690 0.000 t HSB 40,004 71,192.31 12 1.800 1.750 1.750 1.750 -0.010 t MDI 154,050 53,208.30 4 0.346 0.340 0.340 0.346 -0.002 s MIA 5,300 25,228.00 4 4.760 4.760 4.760 4.760 0.060 l MMS 8,141 14,816.62 3 1.820 1.820 1.820 1.820 0.000 l PG 24,653 34,514.20 6 1.400 1.400 1.400 1.400 0.000 t RS2 6,484 9,855.68 1 1.520 1.520 1.520 1.520 -0.010 l SFC 1,000 8,500.00 1 8.500 8.500 8.500 8.500 0.000 t G20B 50,000 55,195.00 2 110.390 110.390 110.390 110.390 -0.250 s G21A 73,559 86,380.33 4 117.430 117.430 117.430 117.430 0.030 l G22A 7,687 9,439.64 1 122.800 122.800 122.800 122.800 0.000 s G28B 37,500 49,331.25 2 131.550 131.550 131.550 131.550 0.220 s G29B 37,000 40,426.20 1 109.260 109.260 109.260 109.260 0.160 s G30A 98,500 139,978.35 1 142.110 142.110 142.110 142.110 0.440 s G31A 26,000 37,232.00 1 143.200 143.200 143.200 143.200 1.200 t G32B 16,000 21,511.10 3 134.790 134.000 134.000 134.790 -2.500 t G34A 4,900 6,335.21 1 129.290 129.290 129.290 129.290 -2.460 l G39A 126,000 128,277.82 7 102.000 101.500 101.500 102.000 0.000 s G40A 76,400 88,318.30 7 115.650 115.500 115.650 115.500 0.350 l G41A 25,000 26,137.50 3 104.550 104.550 104.550 104.550 0.000 s 1923A 2,400 2,496.00 1 104.000 104.000 104.000 104.000 0.480 t AX24A 29,900 33,042.49 2 110.510 110.510 110.510 110.510 -2.490 t BV19A 116,500 118,247.50 2 101.500 101.500 101.500 101.500 -0.270 l BV20A 31,400 32,279.20 1 102.800 102.800 102.800 102.800 0.000 t BX27A 11,000 11,264.50 2 102.450 102.350 102.350 102.450 -0.340 t CF26A 31,300 31,942.63 4 102.100 102.010 102.100 102.010 -1.990 l EF27A 6,000 6,240.00 2 104.000 104.000 104.000 104.000 0.000 l GH27A 5,000 5,275.00 1 105.500 105.500 105.500 105.500 0.000 t IH25A 11,500 12,071.50 3 105.100 104.700 105.100 104.700 -2.800 t IH26A 21,400 21,936.28 2 102.520 102.500 102.520 102.500 -0.020 t MD26A 50,000 51,316.50 4 103.000 102.000 103.000 102.000 -1.000 t MM26A 11,000 11,385.00 1 103.500 103.500 103.500 103.500 -1.500 s PG22A 4,700 5,076.00 1 108.000 108.000 108.000 108.000 0.010 l SD27A 22,000 22,743.00 2 103.500 103.200 103.200 103.500 0.000 l SF27A 2,000 2,119.00 1 105.950 105.950 105.950 105.950 0.000 l VH24A 2,000 1,997.40 1 99.870 99.870 99.870 99.870 0.000 t VR27A 34,700 35,708.45 3 103.000 102.850 102.850 102.850 -0.150 Market Summary as at 09/01/2018 Equity Official List Session State ................................................................... Market Closed Number of trades ........................................................... 130 Volume Traded ................................................................. 1,313,621 Value of € denominated securities .................................... 1,479,056.11 Value of US$ denominated securities ................................ 5,851.28 Value of GBP£ denomi nated securities .............................. 0.00 Current Index ................................................................... - Previous Index ................................................................. - Change in Index (%) ......................................................... - Bank of Valletta plc ........................ 1.800 0.00% Medserv plc .................................. 1.160 0.87% FIMBank plc .................................. 0.690 0.00% Mapfre Middlesea plc .................... 1.820 0.00% MIDI plc ........................................ 0.348 -0.57% GO plc ........................................... 3.520 -1.12% Plaza Centres plc ........................... 1.110 0.00% Grand Harbour Marina plc ............. 0.763 0.00% RS2 Software plc............................ 1.530 0.00% HSBC Bank Malta plc ..................... 1.760 0.00% Simonds Farsons Cisk plc ............... 8.500 0.00% International Hotel Investments plc 0.630 -1.56% Tigné Mall plc ................................ 1.089 0.00% Lombard Bank Malta plc ................ 2.300 0.00% Pefaco International plc ................. 2.240 0.00% Malita Investments plc ................... 0.815 0.00% Santumas Shareholdings plc ......... 1.500 0.00% Malta International Airport plc ....... 4.700 0.00% Malta Properties Company plc ........ 0.440 0.00% MaltaPost plc ................................. 2.060 0.00% PG plc ........................................... 1.400 0.00% MSE Index Bitcoin price threat: 'Ethereum price will triple!' Founder says it will surpass bitcoin BITCOIN price could soon be threatened by the growing cryptocurrency ethereum as co- founder Steven Nerayoff pre- dicts his creation will triple in value by the end of the year. Bitcoin price could be surpassed by ethereum as the cryptocurrency continues to surge in the virtual currencies market. Steven Narayoff, co-founder of ethereum said he is confident his cryptocurrency will triple in value by the end of 2018. In an interview with CNBC, he said: "I think what we've seen with ethereum is an excellent increase in a number of projects that have been built on there. "I can see there are billions of dollars being poured into the ecosystem right now, giving ten thousands more projects this year than there were last year. "I think it could easily triple the price before the end of the year. It is very likely it will surpass bitcoin." Narayoff explained that with the increasing interest of the public in cryptocurrencies and his assertion that ethereum is "more useful" than bitcoin as it has already been used as a currency, ethereum's growth could be "exponential". Narayoff's former partner, Charles Hopkinson said the cryptocurrency market will strengthen further but only after a crash. He said: "My personal opinion is that we're going to see a consolidation after a crash. "What's going to occur is a lot of these ventures that don't have strong fundamentals, don't have good tech or just unrealistic projects, they will eventually run into some major wall they can't quite overcome. "They will fracture up and you will see a lot of them are certain to fail." On Monday, Ripple, the second biggest cryptocurrency in the world, suffered a 30 per cent decrease, together with bitcoin and other successful cryptocurrencies. Because of Ripple's and bitcoin's plunges, ethereum reclaimed its position as the second-largest cryptocurrency by total market value. According to Coindesk yes- terday, ethereum was valued at $1,226.51 against bitcoin's price of $15,179.53.