Various equities perform negatively

The MSE Equity Price Index drifted lower for the first time in four trading sessions on Monday as it slipped by 0.19% from its six-week high to 4,353.864 points.
Various equities closed the day in negative territory, including BOV, GO and IHI. On the other hand, only three shares ended higher whilst a further five shares closed unchanged. Overall trading activity remained healthy as "0.41 million worth of shares changed hands.
Bank of Valletta plc eased by 0.3% to the "1.475 level after partially recovering from its multi-year low of "1.45. A total of 87,481 shares traded.
GO plc moved back to the "3.58 level (-0.6%) across 6,500 shares whilst International Hotel Investments plc lost 2.4% to the "0.615 level albeit on trivial volumes.
Low trading activity also took place in three other shares. MaltaPost plc shed 3.6% to the "1.63 level whilst in the property segment, Malita Investments plc and MIDI plc dropped to "0.85 (-2.3%) and "0.56 (-0.9%) respectively.
Malta Properties Company plc also trended lower today with a drop of 2.7% to the "0.496 level on four deals totalling 29,200 shares.
In contrast, Malta International Airport plc climbed 0.8% higher to the "6.00 level after...

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