GSE All-Share Index continues slow rise

Accra, Jan. 26, GNA - The GSE All-Share Index, the benchmark index of the Accra bourse, continued its slow rise with another barest minimum gain on Friday. The Index went up by 0.01 points to 5,010.27 points on the strength of two price changes, a one cedi gain each by Enterprise Insurance Company (EIC) and Aluworks (ALW). Total shares traded slumped to 137,900 from a whooping 1,213,400 shares on Thursday. Change for the year to date was 0.09 per cent. On the broader market, ALW gained one cedi at 7,253 cedis while EIC was one cedi better at 8,824 cedis. Market capitalization closed higher at 112,521.73 billion cedis from 112,521.66 billion cedis on Thursday. The following are the prices of equities in cedis: ABL 1,150 AGA 300,000 ALW 7,253 +1 AYRTN 976 BAT 3,300 BOPP 5,500 CAL 2,205 CFAO 399 CLYD 800 CMLT 1,700 CPC 538 EBG 13,551 EIC 8,824 +1 ETI 22,700 FML 18,011 GCB 6,200 GGBL 9,000 GWEB 550 HFC 5,400 MLC 2,100 PKL 800 PBC 2,600 PZ 7,100 SCB 160,000 SPL 550 SPPC 225 SG-SSB 6,000 SWL 265 TBL 13,250 TOTAL 54,100 TRANSOL 1,050 UNIL 15,000