Stock index inches up in quiet trading

Accra, Nov. 3, GNA - The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) main index inched up in quiet trading on Friday to end the week on a positive note but volumes were still low.

The GSE All-Share Index was 0.06 points better at 4,977.62 points from 4,977.56 points on Thursday but change for the year remained at 4.37 per cent.

ECOBANK Ghana gained two cedis at 12,703 cedis while Total Petroleum gained four cedis at 54,015 cedis.

Total shares traded were down at 53,500 shares from 75,300 shares but market capitalisation was better at 111,617.28 billion cedis from 111,614.38 billion cedis on Thursday.

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

ABL 1,150 AGA 300,000 ALW 7,021 AYTTN 960 BAT 3,200 BOPP 5,500 CAL 1,800 CFAO 399 CLYD 800 CMLT 1,700 CPC 538

EBG 12,703 +2

EIC 8,800 ETI 22,707 FML 16,560 GCB 6,150 GGBL 9,253 GWEB 550 HFC 5,400 MLC 2,300 PKL 800 PBC 2,800 PZ 6,650 SCB 155,005 SPL 550 SPPC 300 SG-SSB 6,000 SWL 265 TBL 27,000 TOTAL 54,015 +4 UNIL 15,000 AADS 3,100