Accra bourse slides on CAL loss

Accra, Nov. 23, GNA - The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) slid in weak trading on Wednesday under the weight of a 100-cedi loss by CAL Bank. The GSE All-Share Index, the main market measure, ended lower by 5.92 points at 4,893.69 points from 4,899.61 points. Shares that changed hands ended at 39,500 from Tuesday's 24,400 shares.

There were two price changes, both negative. CAL Bank lost 100 cedis at 1,900 cedis and Ghana Commercial Bank lost one cedi at 6,747 cedis.

Change for the year also slid at -28.02 per cent while market capitalisation was down at 92,190.26 billion cedis from 92,205.93 billion cedis.

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

ABL 1,480 AGA 300,000 AADs 3,000 ALW 5,008 BAT 3,300 BOPP 6,000

CAL 1,900 -100

CFAO 405 CLYD 1,000 CMLT 1,800 CPC 600 EIC 7,000 FML 15,660

GCB 6,747 -1

GGBL 7,657 GWEB 550 HFC 6,800 MLC 2,500 MOGL 38,000 PAF 800 PBC 3,000 PZ 6,500 SCB 134,000 SPL 580 SPPC 390 SG-SSB 7,865 SWL 290 TBL 27,900 UNIL 15,500