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The MSE Equity Total Return Index registered a further 1.4% decline, as losses in the opening and closing sessions were enough to outweigh the gains in the other three sessions. The local equities’ index ended the week at 8,241.788 points. A total of 19 equities were active, three of which headed north, while another 10 closed in the opposite direction. A total weekly turnover of €0.8 million was generated over 152 deals. BMIT Technologies plc was the most liquid equity, as it registered a total turnover of €161,511 during the week. The equity started off the week on a positive note, as...

The MSE Equity Price Index trended higher for the third consecutive day on Thursday as it added a further 0.13% to 4,040.011 points. The uplift was due to the p

A woman who suffered a permanent debility when the bus she was seated in eight years ago crashed into Portes des Bombes has been awarded close to €18,000 in damages.  The 52-year old victim, who at the time of the accident was a senior care worker at the Education Department, was one of the unfortunate passengers on board an Arriva bus involved in the crash in October 2012. File photo It was around 3pm when the bus driver, on the Valletta to Żebbuġ route, lost control of the vehicle which crashed into the side of Portes des Bombes, dislodging the stonework and causing a traffic pileup as...

At the end of every year I like to reflect and assess what the key highlights were, and 2020 has definitely been one to reminisce upon. COVID-19, community spread, confirmed positive cases, contact tracing, epidemic, pandemic, curve flattening, herd immunity, lockdown, quarantine, social distancing, home schooling and working from home are all terminologies we are familiar with and use in our day-to-day talk nowadays. Moreover, most of these have become key aspects in our daily monitoring as we try to forecast how they are going to affect the markets, without any framework, theories or resear...

The Covid-19 pandemic took over the world, and uncertainties for the future still remain as the healthcare system remains under pressure while the vaccine has not reached the masses yet. However, the positive vaccine results in November gave financial markets much to cheer about. The MSE Equity Total Return Index posted a 12% decline during the year, as it closed at 8,471.335 points. A sharp decline was registered in March with the outbreak, as the index reached 7,761.132 points. Sentiment across local equities improved, as local Covid-19 cases were contained and as a number of large cap equi...