GSE index rises but volumes low

Accra, Dec. 18, GNA - The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) closed slightly higher on Monday, but volumes of shares traded were low. The GSE All-Share Index, the benchmark measure, gained 0.22 points to end the session at 5,005.73 points from 5,005.51 points. Traded volumes ended at 28,200 and change for the year to date stands at 4.96 per cent.

On the broader market, there were three price changes, all positive.

CAL Bank gained five cedis at 2,205 cedis; ECOBANK Ghana went up by three cedis at 13,511 cedis and TOTAL Petroleum was also three cedis better at 54,020 cedis.

Market capitalisation ended at 112,285.49 billion cedis.

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

ABL 1,150 AGA 300,000 ALW 7,251 ARYTN 976 BAT 3,300 BOPP 5,500 CAL 2,205 +5 CFAO 399 CLYD 800 CMLT 1,700 CPC 538

EBG 13,511 +3

EIC 8,818 ETI 22,700 FML 18,000 GCB 6,150 GGBL 9,248 GWEB 550 HFC 5,400 MLC 2,100 PKL 800 PBC 2,600 PZ 6,650 SCB 158,000 SPL 550 SPPC 225 SG-SSB 6,000 SWL 265 TBL 26,500 TOTAL 54,020 +3 UNIL 15,000 AADS 3,101