GSE makes slight gain in quiet trading

Accra, Feb. 14, GNA - The main benchmark of the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) made a slight gain in quiet trading on Monday, as the bourse continues to struggle to find its feet. The GSE All-Share Index inched up by 0.18 points at 6,855.11 points from Friday's close of 6,854.93 points. Change for the year stood at 0.83 per cent.

Shares traded closed higher at 300,300 from Friday's 180,300 shares.

There were two price changes, both positive.

Benso Oil Palm Plantation (BOPP) gained five cedis at 6,740 cedis and Ghana Commercial Bank (GCB) continued its rise with two cedis at 13,002 cedis.

Market capitalisation closed higher at 97,770.26 billion cedis from 3,663.42 million issued shares.

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

ABL 1,480 AGA 300,000 AADs 3,000 ALW 8,000 BAT 5,000

BOPP 6,740 +5

CAL 3,400 CFAO 247 CLYD 1,330 CMLT 1,100 CPC 1,000 EIC 8,000 FML 20,000 GBL 1,600

GCB 13,002 +2

GGL 12,500 HFC 9,500 MGL 275 MLC 3,000 MOGL 39,010 PAF 800 PBC 3,600 PZ 5,100 SCB 170,000 SPL 750 SPPC 390 SG-SSB 27,000 SWL 290 TBL 31,000 UNIL 22,000