GSE inches up in poor trading

The Ghana Stock Exchange All-Share Index inched up in poor trading on Friday that saw only one price change.

The index, the main market gauge, was up a mere 0.05 points at 1,766.49 points with only 15,100 shares changing hands.

During trading last Wednesday, the index went up by 16.06 points and 161,200 shares were traded.

Mobil Oil Ghana Limited was the only gainer with 29 cedis at 19,800 cedis.

Change for the year ended sideways at 26.60 per cent.

Market capitalisation closed slightly higher at 7,803.68 billion cedis from 7,808.56 billion cedis.