Accra stock rises

Accra, Oct. 3, GNA - The main index of the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) inched up in trading on Tuesday in mixed trading that saw five equities making moves on the broader market.

The GSE All-Share Index, the main benchmark, increased by 0.48 points at 4,944.05 points from 4,943.57 points.

Change for the year also inched up to 3.67 per cent from 3.66 per cent.

Traded shares ended better at 159,600 shares from 19,900 shares. On the broader market there were five price changes, four up and one down.

Aryton Drugs gained 10 cedis at 905 cedis; ECOBANK gained five cedis at 12,130 cedis; Enterprise Insurance Company gained 64 cedis at 8,500 cedis and ECOBANK Transnational Incorporated gained one cedi at 22,706 cedis. The only loser was Super Paper Products Company, which was down by 57 cedis at 333 cedis.

Market Capitalisation was better at 111,402.78 billion cedis from 111,398.68 billion cedis.

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

ABL 1,150 AGA 300,000 ALW 7,010 AYTTN 905 +10 BAT 3,160 BOPP 5,500 CAL 1,800 CFAO 399 CLYD 800 CMLT 1,700 CPC 538

EBG 12,130 +5

EIC 8,500 +64

ETI 22,706 +1

FML 16,160 GCB 6,150 GGBL 9,253 GWEB 550 HFC 5,400 MLC 2,500 PAF 800 PBC 2,800 PZ 6,611 SCB 150,001 SPL 550 SPPC 333 -57 SG-SSB 6,000 SWL 265 TBL 27,000 TOTAL 54,006 UNIL 15,000