The absence of big investors on the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) continues to be pronounced as shares changing hands remains poor.
Although the GSE All-Share Index went up by 0.71 points to 1,305.20 points, shares traded remained the same - a mere 9,800. Only four of the 23 equities on the bourse sold shares with British American Tobacco (BAT) recording the highest of 6,600.
Change for the year went up to 36.53 per cent from 36.46 per cent while market capitalisation was also higher at 4,850.50 billion cedis from 4,849.13 billion cedis.
In the broader market, there were three price changes, all positive.Ghana Commercial Bank (GCB) was seven cedis higher at 3,340 cedis, SSB Bank was two cedis higher at 3,876 cedis and BAT gained one cedi at 952 cedis.
The following are the last prices of listed equities in cedis :
ABL 380
AGC 18,805
ALW 4,000
BAT 952 +1
CFAO 66
EIC 4,510
FML 1,627
GBL 900
GCB 3,340 +7
GGL 912
HFC 955
MGL 254
MLC 261
MOGL 19,710
PAF 750
PBC 400
PZ 1,850
SCB 26,020 SPPC 387 SSB 3,876 +2 SWL 285 UNIL 4,217 CMLT 460
