Accra (Greater Accra), 11 Jan. '99 -
The GSE All-Share Index took another
dip in thin trading today, going down by 4.34 points.
The market indicator opened the week lower at 866.18 points compared to
the 870.52 registered on Friday.
Only 31,720 shares were traded from an offer of 2.6 million. Demand
closed at 348,000.
Market capitalisation was, however, up on the strength of gains
in the share prices of Ashanti Goldfields Company (AGC) and Mobil Oil Ghana
Limited (MOGL) to 3,312.42 billion cedis from the 3,308.67 billion cedis posted
on Friday.
In the broader market, six equities saw price changes, five
appreciations and one decliner.
AGC took another leap today, registering a 100-cedi gain to finish
at 18,500 cedis. This was after its 400 cedis gain at the last session which
stemmed from renewed interest and higher prices for gold commodity on the
international market.
MOGL also gained 100 cedis to close at 17,100 cedis.
CFAO and Unilever went up by five cedis each to end at 55 cedis and
1,615 cedis respectively. SSB inched up by one cedi to close at 2,251 cedis.
The lone loser was Ghana Commercial Bank which ended at 1,150 cedis
after dropping 50 cedis.
The following are the last prices of listed equities :
ABL 800
AGC 18,500 + 100
ALW 2,600
CFAO 55 +5
EIC 2,400
FML 1,500
GBL 2,000
GCB 1,150 -50
GGL 900
HFC 750
MGL 200
MLC 200
MOGL 17,100 +100
PAF 400
PTC 400
PZ 900
SCB 24,000
SPPC 251
SSB 2,251 +1
UNIL 1,615 +5
UTC-E 125
