GSE slumps under-par for first time in years

Accra, Feb. 21, GNA - The main benchmark of the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) slumped again in trading on Monday on a huge loss by Unilever.

The GSE All-Share Index lost 44.51 points at 6,795.47 points from Friday's close of 6,839.98.98 points.

Change for the year for the first time in years, slumped under-par to -0.05 per cent from 0.61 per cent on Friday.

Shares traded closed lower at 86,100.

Unilever plunged by 2,000 cedis to 20,000 cedis but Benso Oil Palm Plantation (BOPP) continued its surge with 100 cedis gain at 7,150 cedis.

Market capitalisation closed lower at 97,607.44 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 7,000 BAT 5,000

BOPP 7,150 +100

CAL 3,400 CFAO 255 CLYD 1,330 CMLT 1,200 CPC 1,000 EIC 8,000 FML 19,000 GBL 1,600 GCB 13,010 GGL 12,500 HFC 9,500 MGL 275 MLC 3,000 MOGL 39,010 PAF 800 PBC 3,600 PZ 5,300 SCB 170,000 SPL 750 SPPC 390 SG-SSB 27,000 SWL 290 TBL 31,000

UNIL 20,000 -2,000