The share index closed today’s session 0.05 per cent lower at 4,236.336 points as the losses in Go and Malita Investments offset the gains in RS2 Software and Mapfre Middlesea.
Meanwhile, a further five equities closed the day unchanged. This morning’s session was characterised by weaker trading activity.
RS2 Software advanced by a further 0.4 per cent to close at yet another new all-time high of €2.35 on 20,100 shares.
The only other positive performer was Mapfre Middlesea with a 0.4 per cent rise to €2.12 on thin volumes of 1,472 shares.
On the other hand, Go and Malita Investments closed in negative territory. Go’s share price shed 1.6 per cent to €3.46 on continued slim volumes of 3,500 shares. The equity of Malita eased by 0.2 per cent to 93c8 on a single trade of 500 shares.
All the other active equities closed unchanged. In the financial services sector, Bank of Valletta again maintained the €2.25 level on volumes of 19,100 shares and Lombard Bank Malta held on to €2.15.
In the property sector, Midi traded again at its highest level since January 2012 as a further 10,000 shares traded at 35c3.
Last Monday, the company published its interim results covering the six months ended June 30 in which it revealed that during the period under review the group registered an improved net profit figure of €2.95 million compared to the net loss of €0.99 million incurred in the first half of 2014.
This was reached on the back of improved revenues largely reflecting the delivery of the first few apartments at the Q1 residential block, a 6.8 per cent increase in income from property and rental management and a tax credit of €3.6 million.
Likewise, Plaza Centres held on to its all-time high of €1.05 across a single deal of 17,412 shares.
A single deal of 2,000 shares was also traded in the equity of 6PM Holdings, leaving the share price unchanged at 73p5.
On the bond market, the RF MGS Index edged slightly up by 0.03 per cent to 1,119.419 points as the ECB held interest rates unchanged at 0.05 per cent and decided to increase the share limit on its public sector purchase programme from 25 per cent to 33 per cent, effectively meaning that the institution can buy more of a single asset.
The QE programme was expanded as the ECB confirmed that inflation will remain "very low" in the near term due to lower oil prices and inflation projections for 2016 and 2017 were downgraded.
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