The share price of GO plc advanced for the 11th consecutive session ahead of the group’s full-year results publication by the end of April.
The 2012 figures are expected to show a profit for the first time in five years given that the investment in Forthnet was practically written-off in 2011.
Today, GO’s equity gained a further 0.7 per cent to reach yet another new 18-month high of €1.36,9 on a single deal of 5,000 shares with lowest offers now placed just above the last closing price and highest outstanding bids in the market at the €1.36 level.
Similarly, MaltaPost plc’s share price moved 0.5 per cent higher for the second successive session to reach a fresh 19-month high of €1.03 on increased volumes of 43,410 shares.
On the other hand, the share prices of the two large banks ended the session unchanged.
Bank of Valletta plc failed to hold on to an intra-day high of €2.24 to end this morning’s session at yesterday’s closing price of €2.23 across nine deals totalling just over 9,000 shares.
The bank is shortly expected to publish its interim directors’ statement explaining its performance since the start of the current financial on October 1.
HSBC Bank Malta plc held on to the €2.72 level across 36,600 shares ahead of the bank’s 2012 full-year results publication on March 4.
Similarly, in the IT segment, Crimsonwing plc maintained the 55c level across six trades totalling 74,064 shares.
The IT company is also expected to publish its interim directors’ statement by mid-February to update the market on its performance since its half-year ended on September 30.
During the first half of the 2012/13, the company registered a pre-tax profit figure of €0.55 million.
On the bond market, the Rizzo Farrugia MGS Index edged 0.1 per cent higher to 1,008.908 points as Eurozone yields mainly traded below the 1.65 per cent level reflecting the renewed political concerns with respect to Spain and Italy.
Some confidence was restored this afternoon with a rise in the gauge of business activity.
Nonetheless, analysts remain cautious given that German business activity rose to its highest levels since June 2011 while the reading for the eurozone’s second largest economy, France, plummeted to an almost four-year low.
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