Tag: Malta Stock Exchange
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Stocks up but bonds down
Despite the Maltese stock market hitting an all-time high last week, corporate bonds ended the week lower compared to their close in the previous week. The MSE Corporate Bonds Total Return Index fell by 0.5% to 1,154.01 points. Out of 74 active corporate bond issues, only 13 advanced, while 35 closed in the red. The…
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Malta’s Stock Market hits an all time-high on RS2 spike
Malta’s stock market quietly hit an all-time high last week, on Friday, June 12, as the MSE Equity Total Return Index rose to 10,111.863 points. The previous recorded peak was in 2019, when the index reached 10,009.94 points on September 30. The index was bumped by a sudden spike of the stock price of RS2.…
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MSE rallies to new 52-week high driven by banks, real-estate, Farsons, MIA and MedservRegis
The Malta Stock Exchange has extended its rally in 2026, with the MSE Equity Total Return Index rising from 8,903.51 points at the end of 2025 to 9,626.126 points today, an increase of around 8.1% since the start of the year. Earlier this week, the index touched 9,641.433 points, its official 52-week high. This is…
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MSE Equity Total Return Index just less than 100 points off its highs: see the best performing Maltese stocks over the past 12 months
The MSE Equity Total Return Index opened with a bang this year, up by 2.8% on January 5th from December 23rd, just right before the holidays. It retraced back some of its gains and the index closed yesterday at 8979 points and was trending higher again. The all-time high of the index was recorded on…
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Judge me by my trading volume
The Chairman of Malta Stock Exchange, Joseph Portelli, has recently landed in hot water (or actually, in the press), for being a board member of OKX’s subsidiary in Malta, while its subsidiary was being investigated by the FIAU for KYC violations. Joseph Portelli, not the Joseph Portelli the property mogul, (but coincidentally, also a Gozitan),…
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VBL’s stock crashes up to 15% during last Friday’s session: down 42% since launch
VBL’s stock price crashed by 15% during the last Friday session at the Malta Stock Exchange. The stock is down by 42% since its launch in October 2021.They also launched €10 million in bonds last November at 5.25%. VBL PLC is a real-estate company focusing on Valletta, and owns different kinds of real-estate in Valletta…
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More from the business of borrowing money to buy more junk
Another participant in the shady business of borrowing money to buy junk assets are DF Advocates who bought Bank of Valletta’s non-performing debt for around €26 million. Kevin Deguara and Jean Carl Farrugia of DF Advocates are being charged in the Vitals and Steward money-laundering case. DF Advocates bought BOV’s junk loans with Polymath &…
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Neville Curmi’s business: selling junk bonds of distressed assets on the Malta Stock Exchange
Neville Curmi of Curmi & Partners sold unwitting clients debt to bail-out out a distressed business and property speculator in the UK called Hart Capital. It is supposedly owned by a man called Christon Jon Burrows, but he seems to be just a front for a least 64 companies listed on the UK business register. The…
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Despite soaring NAV and great results BOV is still not getting a lot of love at the MSE
Bank of Valletta’s market cap is still relatively undervalued according to its net-asset value (NAV) which should be above 2 per share according to estimates by various sources. The stock popped 6.7% after the bank released its half yearly results, yet, despite the very good results and pop in price, there are still too many…
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Clarifications on Medserv’s shares
It is not a common occurrence that stocks are delisted or suspended from Malta’s Stock Exchange, so yesterday’s suspension of Medserv’s shares from the MSE was news. However, the shares have only been suspended and not delisted as I previously stated, and will be listed once again after Medserv submits its accounts by the 15th of…
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Medserv delisted from Malta’s Stock Exchange
Any journalist would like to take this story? Medserv, a Maltese oil-services provider has been delisted from Malta’s Stock Exchange for failing to submit its accounts. Mark CamilleriWebsite Editor Historian and Publisher