Share Index posts best daily uplift in two months

Following the declines in the previous three trading sessions, the share index rebounded strongly as it advanced by 0.56% '" the sharpest daily uplift in two months '" to a four-day high of 4,729.466 points.
Trading activity was spread across eight equities: five registered gains while another three closed the day unchanged. Nonetheless, volumes dropped to a one-month low of just "0.1 million.
In the retail banking sector, HSBC (10,000 shares) and Bank of Valletta (6,469 shares) advanced 1% and 0.9% to recapture the "2.08 and "2.20 levels respectively.
Also among the large companies by market capitalisation, two deals totalling 5,000 shares lifted the equity of GO 0.9% higher to the "3.55 level.
Shareholders as at close of trading tomorrow will be eligible to receive a net dividend of 11c per share.
Similarly, RS2 Software advanced 0.5% to the "1.64,9 level across 5,430 shares.
The best performing equity today was Mapfre Middlesea which gained 1.9% to the "2.19 level on volumes totalling 3,000 shares.
Meanwhile, Malta International Airport maintained the "4.15 level across 5,000 shares. Shareholders as at April 6 will be eligible to receive a final net dividend of 7c per share.
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