Further demand for MaltaPost plc shares emerged during this morning's session helping the equity close 1.5% higher at 99c5 across three trades totalling 11,000 shares.
MaltaPost's equity was among the best performers of the week with a 4.2% rise on high volumes of over 86,000 shares changing hands during the last five sessions.
The postal operator is scheduled to hold its annual general meeting on January 17 for shareholders to consider and approve a number of resolutions including the final net dividend of 4c per share and the scrip dividend option with an attribution price of 98c per share.
Meanwhile, the three other active equities closed unchanged. Bank of Valletta plc held on to the €2.50 level on volumes of 7,559 shares ahead of the one for eight bonus issue to shareholders as at January 9.
Middlesea Insurance plc also closed unchanged at the 80c level on a small deal of 800 shares.
The other active equity was Malta International Airport plc with 1,800 shares changing hands at the €1.69 level representing a weekly increase of 5.6%.
Overall, the MSE Share Index edged 0.5% higher this week to 3,074.879 points mainly due to...
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