GSE All-Share Index continues to rise

Accra, Oct. 4, GNA - The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) All-Share Index, the main benchmark, continued its rise during Wednesday trading that saw huge sale of Super Paper Products Company (SPPC) shares but a slump in its price.

The Index increased by 0.08 points at 4,944.13 points from 4,944.05 points.

Change for the year remained the same at 3.67 per cent. Traded shares ended higher at 1,223,500 from 159,600 shares. On the broader market there were five price changes, four up and one down.

ECOBANK gained one cedi at 12,131 cedis; Enterprise Insurance Company gained two cedis at 8,502 cedis; ECOBANK Trans-national Incorporated gained one cedi at 22,707 cedis and Standard Chartered Bank gained 19 cedis at 150,020 cedis. The only loser was Super Paper Products Company, which was down by 33 cedis at 300 cedis. Market Capitalisation was better at 111,403.29 billion cedis from 111,402.78 billion cedis.

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

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

EBG 12,131 +1

EIC 8,502 +2

ETI 22,707 +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 150,020 +19

SPL 550

SPPC 300 -33

SG-SSB 6,000 SWL 265 TBL 27,000 TOTAL 54,006 UNIL 15,000