MSE Share Index reaches two-week high
The MSE Share Index closed higher for the fourth consecutive trading session as it advanced by a further 0.06% to a fresh two-week high of 4,497.388 points. Trading volumes remained subdued as only "0.11 million worth of shares changed hands.
The most actively traded equity today was FIMBank plc which regained the USD0.85 level (+1.2%) across 62,620 shares.
Also in the banking sector, the share price of Lombard Bank Malta plc moved 1% higher to "2.101 on light volumes.
GO plc rose by 0.9% to "3.23 after touching an intra-day low of "3.20. A total of 4,075 shares traded today.
Malta International Airport plc maintained the "4.04 level on a single deal of just 2,000 shares despite yesterday's announcement revealing very strong traffic results for the month of November.
MIA announced that passenger movements last month increased by 22% to nearly 346,000 passengers '" the sharpest monthly percentage increase so far this year '" on the back of a 21.3% increase in seat capacity over the corresponding period last year as well as an improved seat load factor of 82.4% compared to 81.3% in November 2015.
Since January 2016, MIA registered an 8.7% increase in passenger movements to 4.75...
Full story