Accra bourse in slight gain, but volumes low

Accra, March 16, GNA - The main index of the Accra bourse inched up on Thursday, but volumes remained low as investors continued to shy away from the market. The GSE All-Share Index, main stock index, went up by 0.2 points to 4,749.00 from 4,748.80 points while change for the year remained at -0.42 per cent.

Market capitalisation ended up at 91,895.37 billion cedis from 91,894.82 billion cedis on Wednesday. Total shares traded ended better at 113,000 from 93,300 on Wednesday.

There were three price changes - all positive. ALW made nine cedis at 6,010 cedis, CAL Bank was one cedi better at 1,702 and Enterprise Insurance Company also gained one cedi at 6,866.

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

ABL 1,150

AGA 300,000

ALW 6,010 +9

BAT 3,049

BOPP 5,500

CAL 1,702 +1

CFAO 399

CLYD 1,000

CMLT 1,700

CPC 600

EIC 6,866 +1

FML 15,800

GCB 6,150

GGBL 8,565

GWEB 550

HFC 6,000

MLC 2,500

MOGL 54,000

PAF 800

PBC 2,800

PZ 6,501

SCB 130,000

SPL 570

SPPC 390

SG-SSB 7,000

SWL 290

TBL 27,000

UNIL 15,400