Various equities closed higher during this morning’s session helping the MSE Share Index recover yesterday’s 0.4 per cent drop with an equivalent rebound during this morning’s session to regain the 3,681.243 points level.

The index last touched 3,700 points in February 2011.

The share price of Bank of Valletta plc advanced for the sixth consecutive session with a further 0.4 per cent rise to €2.49,9 across 18 deals totalling 45,410 shares. HSBC Bank Malta plc also performed positively with a 1.2 per cent rebound to recapture the €2.55 level on volumes of 18,350 shares.

Fresh demand also helped the share price of Malta International Airport plc move 1.3 per cent higher to close at the €2.18 level across four deals totalling 7,200 shares.

The only other positive performing equity was RS2 Software plc with a minimal increase to €2.30 across 8,580 shares.

On the other hand, MIDI plc eased 1.7 per cent lower to 29c5 on a single trade of 1,000 shares.

Meanwhile, Lombard Bank Malta plc held on to the €1.90 level on a single deal of 6,000 shares and 6pm Holdings plc saw a further 5,000 shares change hands at the 72p level. Medserv plc also closed unchanged with 12,200 shares trading at the €1.30 level.

On the bond market, the Rizzo Farrugia MGS Index again eased minimally lower to 1,026.835 points as Eurozone yields regained the 1.75 per cent level after data revealed that the region’s debt levels eased for the first in six years during the third quarter of 2013.

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