Bourse inches up on PZ gain

Accra, April 11, GNA - The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) inched up on Monday on a 50-cedi gain by Patterson Zochonis (PZ) in quiet trading as the bears continue to dominate the market.

The GSE All-Share Index, the main stock index, rose by 0.51 points at 6,359.13 points from 6,358.62 points on Friday and change for the year improved slightly at -6.46 per cent.

Shares traded were down at 102,300 from 354,200 that changed hands during Friday's trading.

PZ was the sole equity that saw a price change, a 50-cedi gain at 5,800 cedis.

Market capitalisation was better at 96,406.10 from 96,404.70 billion cedis on Friday from 3,663.51 million issued shares.

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

ABL 1,480 AGA 300,000

AADs 3,000 ALW 6,252 BAT 4,500

BOPP 7,000 CAL 3,400 CFAO 275 CLYD 1,200 CMLT 1,400 CPC 800 EIC 7,500

FML 18,000 GBL 1,600 GCB 12,500 GGL 12,500 HFC 7,740 MGL 275 MLC 3,000

MOGL 39,010

PAF 800 PBC 3,300 PZ 5,800 +50 SCB 160,000 SPL 750

SPPC 390

SG-SSB 25,000 SWL 290 TBL 27,900

UNIL 18,000