The share price of Malta International Airport plc advanced by 2.1 per cent to regain the €1.92 level across seven deals totalling 21,230 shares.

The airport operator’s equity is currently 6.7 per cent higher since the start of the year largely due to the record passenger numbers recorded during the same period.

As a result, MIA is also reporting improved profitability levels with the net profit for the first six months of 2013 rising by 14.2 per cent to €5.1 million.

The equities of two of the retail banks also registered mild gains. HSBC Bank Malta plc inched minimally higher to €2.45,5 on volumes of 41,661 shares.

Similarly, Lombard Bank Malta plc edged up to a close of €1.86 on a single deal of 6,907 shares.

On the other hand, Bank of Valletta plc eased 0.4 per cent lower to close at the €2.34,1 level across 13 trades totalling 46,378 shares.

Similarly, GO plc’s share price retreated by 0.7 per cent to €1.49 on just 4,120 shares. Likewise, Malita Investments plc shed 1c as the equity dipped two per cent lower to the IPO price of 50c on a trade of 10,000 shares.

Meanwhile, no change was registered in the share price of RS2 Software plc as it held on to the €1.85 level on volumes of 23,625 shares. MaltaPost plc’s equity also traded unchanged at the €1.10 level on a deal of 10,000 shares.

The only other active equity was Middlesea Insurance plc as it maintained the 80c level on low volumes of just over 1,000 shares.

On the bond market, the Rizzo Farrugia MGS Index eased 0.1 per cent lower to 1,020.745 points as Eurozone yields partially rebounded from yesterday’s plunge.

After the US Federal Reserve announced that it was maintaining its asset purchase programme at US$85 billion per month on Wednesday evening, yields slumped to a three-week low of 1.84 per cent. However, the benchmark 10-year Bund yield subsequently recovered to regain the 1.95 per cent level today.

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