Rise of ECOBANK share price slows

Accra, July 19, GNA - The rise in the share price of ECOBANK slowed on Wednesday with the newly listed equity gaining only one cedi. This was reflected in the performance of the main index, which saw only a marginal gain at the end of trading on the bourse. The GSE All-Share Index, the main stock index, went up by 0.05 points to 4,881.28 from 4,881.23 points on WEdnesday.

ECOBANK was the sole gainer, going up by one cedi at 11,501 cedis. Total shares traded were down at 289,500 from 491,100 shares and change for the year was unchanged at 2.35 per cent.

Market capitalisation was slightly better at 97,210.93 billion cedis from 97,210.77 billion cedis from Tuesday's close.

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

ABL 1,150 AGA 300,000 ALW 6,800 BAT 3,160 BOPP 5,500 CAL 1,942 CFAO 399 CLYD 1,000 CMLT 1,700 CPC 600

EBG 11,501 +1

EIC 8,122 FML 15,946 GCB 6,312 GGBL 9,780 GWEB 550 HFC 5,400 MLC 2,500 MOGL 54,000 PAF 800 PBC 2,800 PZ 6,510 SCB 134,000 SPL 550 SPPC 390 SG-SSB 6,750 SWL 265 TBL 27,000 UNIL 15,400