GSE Index in good gain

Accra, Sept. 12, GNA - The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) All Share-Index on Friday made a healthy gain although total shares traded remained low.

The Index, the main market gauge, was up 14.9 points to close at 2,612.34 points.


Shares that changed hands went up slightly to 67,600 from to 62,500 shares on Wednesday.


There were seven price changes, all positive.


Unilever led gainers with 100 cedis at 8,900 cedis. Mobil Oil Ghana Limited went up by 51 cedis at 24,101 cedis, Produce Buying Company appreciated by 50 cedis at 1,200 cedis and Guinness Ghana Limited also gained 50 cedis at 3,950 cedis.

Camelot was 20 cedis better at 620 cedis, SSB Bank rose by 16 cedis at 8,066 cedis and Standard Chartered Bank inched up by one cedi at 58,606 cedis.


The change in year to date was up at 87.22 per cent. Market capitalization was up at 10,192.27 billion cedis from 10,154.65 billion cedis.


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


ABL 460 AGC 28,650 ALW 4,000 BAT 2,400 CFAO 74 CPC 630 EIC 6,850 FML 2,940 GBL 810 GCB 7,500 GGL 3,950 +50 HFC 2,650 MGL 270 MLC 600 MOGL 24,101 +51 PAF 750 PBC 1,200 +50 PZ 2,400 SCB 58,506 +1 SPPC 390 SSB 8,066 +16 SWL 288 TBL 7,000 UNIL 8,900 +100 CMLT 520 +20