BOV down 0.4% ahead of bonus issue

Only Bank of Valletta plc shares traded during this morning's stock exchange session with the MSE Share Index down 0.1% to 3,118.098 points. Bank's share price slid to an intra-day low of €2.52 before partially recovering to close just 0.4% lower at...

Only Bank of Valletta plc shares traded during this morning's stock exchange session with the MSE Share Index down 0.1% to 3,118.098 points. Bank's share price slid to an intra-day low of €2.52 before partially recovering to close just 0.4% lower at the €2.57 level across 48,125 shares.

This was the last trading day on which the equity traded with the entitlement to the 1-for-8 bonus issue approved in the last Annual General Meeting held in December 2011. Equity turns ex-bonus as from tomorrow.

On the bond market, the Rizzo Farrugia MGS Index eased marginally lower today to 985.833 points as Eurozone yields remained below the 1.9% ahead of the outcome of a meeting between German's Angela Merkel and France's Nicolas Sarkozy later on this afternoon.

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