GSE Index slips on dull trading

Accra, May 18 GNA - The main index of the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) slipped in trading on Thursday on the loss of Sam Wood Limited. The GSE All-Share Index, the main stock measure, lost 0.2 points at 4,768.47 points from 4,768.68 points on Wednesday. Change for the year to date remained at -0.1 per cent. Shares traded rose to 108,400 from 15,100 on Wednesday, but investors remained on the sidelines.

On the broader market there were two price changes - one up and one down.

Sam Wood Limited (SWL) lost 25 cedis at 265 cedis while Enterprise Insurance Company gained one cedi at 7,253 cedis. Market capitalisation was lower at 92,398.05 billion cedis from 92,398.57 billion cedis.

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

ABL 1,150 AGA 300,000 ALW 6,570 BAT 3,000 BOPP 5,500 CAL 1,942 CFAO 399 CLYD 1,000 CMLT 1,700 CPC 600

EIC 7,253 +1

FML 15,902 GCB 6,312 GGBL 8,720 GWEB 550 HFC 5,400 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 265 -25

TBL 27,000 UNIL 15,400