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Ghana Stock Exchange slides on GCB loss

Tue, 6 Dec 2005 Source: GNA

Accra, Dec. 6, GNA - The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) slid in trading on Tuesday on a loss by Ghana Commercial Bank (GCB) that pushed the stock index further into the red as the year draws to a close. The GSE All-Share Index, the main index, ended lower by 0.43 points at 4,792.53 points from 4,792.96 points on Monday.

Change for the year also slid to -29.51 per cent.

There were two price changes, one up and one down.

GCB closed seven cedis poorer at 6,740 cedis while Enterprise Insurance Company was four cedis better at 6,855 cedis. Market capitalisation was poorer at 91,919.48 billion cedis from 91,920.54 billion cedis on Monday. Shares that changed hands rose to 70,100 from 24,400 on Monday.

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

ABL 1,480 AGA 300,000 AADs 3,000 ALW 5,000 BAT 3,050 BOPP 6,000 CAL 1,800 CFAO 405 CLYD 1,000 CMLT 1,700 CPC 600

EIC 6,855 +4

FML 15,800

GCB 6,740 -7

GGBL 7,720 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 27,900 UNIL 15,500

6 Dec. 05

Source: GNA