The share index declined by 0.3 per cent today back to below the 4,300 mark to close at 4,295.849 points.

The downturn came about as the declines in the share prices of Bank of Valletta and 6PM Holdings offset the gains of RS2 Software. Meanwhile a further six equities closed the day unchanged. Despite today’s decline, the index still ended the week up 1.5 per cent.

Bank of Valletta failed to hold on to its intra-week high of €2.30 and shed 1.7 per cent to €2.26 on volumes of 29,021 shares.

The only other negative performer was 6PM Holdings with a 4.8 per cent decline to 70p on two deals totalling 30,000 shares.

On the other hand, RS2 Software continued to advance and added a further two per cent to reach yet another all-time high of €2.50 on volumes of 18,430 shares. The equity of RS2 climbed by 5.5 per cent this week.

Meanwhile, all other equities trade unchanged. Midi maintained the 36c level on a single deal of 9,000 shares. Midi’s equity added two per cent this week after last week’s interim results revealed that during the first half of 2015, the group registered a net profit of €2.95 million 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.

HSBC held on to the €1.84,6 level today and also advanced by two per cent this week. GO also remained unchanged at the €3.49,9 level on continued low volumes totalling 5,000 shares.

Likewise, the equity of Malta International Airport held on to the €3.89,5 level on activity of 3,818 shares. The share price of MIA edged up 1.4 per cent this week following the publication of the August traffic results last Friday showing a 6.1 per cent increase in passenger movements to an all-time monthly high of 585,218 passengers.

Insignificant volumes were registered in the equities of Medserv and Simonds Farsons Cisk as both equities held on to their respective all-time highs of €3 and €5.55.

On the bond market, the RF MGS Index eased by 0.08 per cent to 1,125.501 points as the benchmark 10-year German Bund yield hovered close to the 0.7 per cent level in early morning trade before easing lower later on during the day.

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