Aluworks recovery pushed GSE up

Accra, Oct. 24, GNA - A remarkable recovery of Aluworks Limited in quiet trading on Monday pushed up the GSE All-Share Index, the main stock index.

The GSE All-Share Index went up by 0.23 points to 4,888.90 points from 4,888.67 points despite a substantial loss by Home Finance Company. Change for the year remained at -28.09 per cent. Traded shares almost doubled to 103,200 from 53,700 on Friday while market capitalisation was better at 92,177.68 billion cedis from 92,177.08 billion cedis.

On the broader market, Aluworks gained 495 cedis at 5,000 cedis but Home Finance Company lost 200 cedis at 6,800 cedis.

The following are the last prices of the listed equities in cedis:

ABL 1,480 AGA 300,000 AADs 3,000

ALW 5,000 +495

BAT 3,090 BOPP 6,000 CAL 2,000 CFAO 405 CLYD 1,300 CMLT 1,800 CPC 600 EIC 7,005 FML 15,626 GCB 6,750 GGBL 7,515 GWEB 550

HFC 6,800 -200

MLC 2,500 MOGL 38,000 PAF 800 PBC 3,000 PZ 6,500 SCB 134,000 SPL 580 SPPC 390 SG-SSB 7,865 SWL 290 TBL 27,900 UNIL 15,500