The MSE Share Index eased 0.1 per cent lower today to 3,227.954 points as the share prices of Bank of Valletta plc and Malta International Airport plc traded lower.
The bank’s equity failed to hold on to a fresh 52-week high of €2.27 as it drifted 0.4 per cent lower to the €2.25,1 level across 10 trades totalling 14,680 shares. Meanwhile, the share price of HSBC Bank Malta plc held on to the €2.70 level on volumes of 16,160 shares.
The airport operator’s equity eased 0.6 per cent lower to the €1.75 level on low volumes of 1,924 shares.
Meanwhile, earlier this morning, MIA held a press conference announcing record passenger movements for the third consecutive year.
MIA’s CEO Markus Klaushofer that during 2012 passenger movements increased by 4.1 per cent to 3.65 million on the back of a 1.1 per cent growth in seat capacity to 4.66 million seats as well as a 2.3 percentage increase in the seat load factor to 78.3 per cent.
Moreover, the CEO of MIA this morning revealed that the company expects passenger numbers to grow by a further 1.5 per cent in 2013 to yet another record of over 3.7 million passengers.
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