Accra bourse inches up

Accra, Dec. 23, GNA - Activities at the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) remained dull on the last day of trading before Christmas, with the main stock index inching up by a mere 0.08 points.

The GSE All-Share Index, the main stock index, en ded at 4,751.25 from Thursday's 4,751.17 points.

Change for the year was better at -30.11 per cent and market capitalisation was also richer at 91,810.19 billion cedis from 91,809.98 billion cedis.

Total shares that changed hands ended up at 250,100 from 66,200 on Thursday.

On the broader market, there were only two price changes. Aluworks gained one cedi at 5,002 cedis while Guinness Ghana Breweries Limited also gained one cedi at 7,737 cedis.

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

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

ALW 5,002 +1

BAT 3,050 BOPP 5,500 CAL 1,700 CFAO 400 CLYD 1,000 CMLT 1,700 CPC 600 EIC 6,855 FML 15,800 GCB 6,740

GGBL 7,737 +1

GWEB 550 HFC 6,000 MLC 2,500 MOGL 38,000 PAF 800 PBC 3,000 PZ 6,500 SCB 130,000 SPL 580 SPPC 390 SG-SSB 7,200 SWL 290 TBL 27,000 UNIL 15,400