Bourse continues to slide on quiet day

Accra, Sept. 6, GNA - The main index of the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) continued to slide in quiet trading on Monday that saw only two price changes.

The GSE All-Share Index was down by 32.31 points to 7,170.32 points after a 100-cedi loss by Cocoa Products Company (CPC). Change for the year ended the day at 101.79 per cent from 102.70 per cent on Friday.


Traded volumes closed lower at 173,300 shares from 798,300 shares on Friday.


On the broader market, there were two price changes - one up and one down.


CPC lost 100 cedis at 1,200 cedis and Enterprise Insurance Company gained 500 cedis at 6,500 cedis.


Market capitalisation was also lower at 97,582.62 billion cedis from 97,655.99 billion cedis from 3,415.69 million issued shares.


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


ABL 1,480

AGA 300,000


AADs 3,006


ALW 10,000


BAT 7,800


BOPP 6,000


CFAO 140


CLYD 1,400

CMLT 800


CPC 1,200 -100


EIC 6,500 +500


FML 11,000


GBL 1,500


GCB 15,000


GGL 12,700

HFC 10,100


MGL 275


MLC 3,100


MOGL 37,000


PAF 800


PBC 3,600


PZ 4,502

SCB 160,000


SPPC 390


SG-SSB 31,000


SWL 290


TBL 31,400


UNIL 27,500