Bourse inches up on the back of PZ, Camelot

Accra, May 4, GNA - The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) made a slight recovery on Wednesday on the back of gains by Patterson Zochonis (PZ) and Camelot (CMLT) after a series of losses that have put the performance of the bourse firmly in the red.

The GSE All-Share Index, the benchmark measure, inched up by 1.07 points at 6,103.28 points from Tuesday's close of 6,102.21 points and change for the year was slightly better at -10.23 per cent from -10.04 per cent.

Market capitalisation ended better at 95,189.99 billion cedis from 95,187.16 billion cedis.

PZ was 100 cedis better at 6,000 cedis and CMLT gained five cedis at 1,580 cedis.

Total shares traded ended lower at 66,400 shares from 90,400 on Tuesday.

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 6,000 CAL 3,200 CFAO 278 CLYD 1,300

CMLT 1,580 +5

CPC 800 EIC 7,500 FML 18,000 GCB 12,400 GGBL 12,500 HFC 7,000 MGL 275 MLC 2,700 MOGL 39,010 PAF 800 PBC 3,300

PZ 6,000 +100

SCB 134,000 SPL 740 SPPC 390 SG-SSB 25,000 SWL 290 TBL 27,900 UNIL 17,000