6pm Holdings plc shares jumped 8.9 per cent during this morning’s session to a new two-year high of 49p across 86,163 shares on the back of yesterday’s publication of the group’s 2012 results.

The annual financial statements show a net profit of £0.5 million in contrast to the net loss incurred in the previous two years.

The directors explained that the turnaround reflects the group’s strengthened position in the UK’s National Health Service through the development of additional niche products.

Moreover, the 6pm group benefitted from the synergies with the various acquisitions it made in 2011.

Given the turnaround registered in 2012, the directors also decided to recommend a dividend of 1p6 per share after a four year absence.

The directors also proposed a 1 for 25 bonus share issue. Shareholders as at the close of trading on May 7 will be entitled to the both the dividend and bonus share issue which are subject to shareholder approval at the upcoming annual general meeting scheduled to be held on June 11.

Various other equities trended in positive territory today including Bank of Valletta plc which edged 0.4 per cent higher to the €2.26 level on a single trade of 20,000 shares.

Similarly, Malta International Airport plc edged 0.5 per cent higher to regain the €1.92 level on low volumes of 6,400 shares.

A single trade of 4,000 Malita Investments plc was executed at the 51c level representing a 2 per cent increase over the previous closing price.

New bids also helped the share price of MaltaPost plc to recapture its 2013 high of €1.05 across three trades totalling 2,865 shares.

On the other hand, GO plc eased 0.6 per cent lower to €1.57,1 on a deal of 6,000 shares. One trade also executed in Lombard Bank Malta plc as the bank’s share price slipped 2.5 per cent back to the €1.95 level across 2,000 shares.

Meanwhile, Middlesea Insurance plc held on to its 2013 high of 92c on volumes of 10,000 shares and RS2 Software plc shares traded unchanged at the equity’s all-time high of €1 across 37,066 shares.

On the bond market, the Rizzo Farrugia MGS Index edged closer to its all-time high with a further 0.1 per cent increase to 1,020.105 points as benchmark Eurozone yields dipped prior to the publication of some date gauging investor sentiment.

Following the publication of the data, which showed deteriorating sentiment, Eurozone yields climbed to regain the 1.275 per cent as the decline in the investor sentiment reading was not better than expected.

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