The MSE Share Index edged 0.1 per cent higher to 3,438.97 points with minimal movements recorded across the active equities.
HSBC Bank Malta plc advanced by 0.7 per cent to regain the €2.75 level across eight trades totalling 14,247 shares ahead of the publication of the interim results due on August 5.
The increase in HSBC’s share price offset the 2.8 per cent drop in Lombard Bank Malta plc back to the €1.75 level across a deal of 5,900 shares and the 0.9 per cent decrease in the share price of GO plc to the €1.51,5 level on volumes of just over 14,000 shares.
This morning, the quad-play telecoms operator announced that it successfully acquired the exclusive Barclays Premier League broadcasting rights until 2016.
On the other hand, Bank of Valletta plc recovered from an intra-day low of €2.26 to end the session unchanged at the €2.27 level across nine trades totalling 15,895 shares.
Likewise, no change was registered in the share price of Malita Investments plc as 24,500 shares traded at the 50c level.
On the bond market, the Rizzo Farrugia MGS Index moved 0.1 per cent higher to 1,023.255 points as the benchmark 10-year Eurozone yields slipped back to the 1.7 per cent level with investor demand shifting to riskier bonds after Eurozone finance ministers approved a new €6.8 billion line of financial aid for Greece which will spare the country from default in August.
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