Guinness Ghana Breweries pushes up GSE Index

Accra, May 26, GNA - Key indices of the Ghana Stock Exchange have impressive run on Friday thanks to a sterling price performance by Guinness Ghana Breweries Limited and Aluworks.

The benchmark GSE-All Share Index leapt 29.41 points to close at 4,843.78 points as against 4,814.37 points at the previous close on Wednesday.

Change for the year to date ended strongly at 1.57 per cent. Traded volumes ended the session at 202,700 shares. There were three positive price changes.

Guiness Ghana Brewery Limited gained 450 cedis at 9,900 cedis, Aluworks went up by 90 cedis at 6,690 cedis and Fan Milk Limited was one cedi richer at 15,904 cedis.

Market capitalisation now stands at 92,597.48 billion cedis.

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

ABL 1,150 AGA 300,000

ALW 6,690 +90

BAT 3,000 BOPP 5,500 CAL 1,942 CFAO 399 CLYD 1,000 CMLT 1,700 CPC 600 EIC 7,256

FML 15,904 +1

GCB 6,312

GGBL 9,900 +450

GWEB 550 HFC 5,400 MLC 2,500 MOGL 54,000 PAF 800 PBC 2,800 PZ 6,510 SCB 130,000 SPL 550 SPPC 390 SG-SSB 7,000 SWL 265 TBL 27,000 UNIL 15,400