GSE Index goes up in quiet trading

Accra, May 8, GNA - Trading on the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) started the week on a quiet note on Monday with the main index rising slightly.

GSE All-Share Index, the main stock index, gained 1.67 points at 4,782.46 points from at 4,780.79 points, buoyed by a 27-cedi rise in the share price of Guinness Ghana Breweries Limited (GGBL). Shares that changed hands were better at 60,800 from 11,300 on Friday.

On the broader market GGBL was the sole mover with a 27-cedi gain at 8,600 cedis.

Market capitalisation was 92,434.05 billion cedis from 92,429.60 billion cedis.

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

ABL 1,150 AGA 300,000 ALW 6,500 BAT 3,000 BOPP 5,500 CAL 1,942 CFAO 399 CLYD 1,000 CMLT 1,700 CPC 600 EIC 7,202 FML 15,902 GCB 6,308

GGBL 8,600 +27

GWEB 550 HFC 6,000 MLC 2,500 MOGL 54,000 PAF 800 PBC 2,800 PZ 6,510 SCB 130,000 SPL 550 SPPC 390 SG-SSB 7,000 SWL 290 TBL 27,000 UNIL 15,400