HFC loss pulls down bourse again

Accra, April 15, GNA - The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) plunged again in trading on Friday, dragged down by a big loss in the share price of the Home Finance Company (HFC).

HFC, the sole equity that saw a price movement, was down by 740 cedis at 7,000 cedis and change for the year was deeper in the red at negative 6.93 per cent.

The GSE All-Share Index, the main stock index, lost 27.15 points at 6,327.72 points.

Shares traded were down at 606,900 from 698,000 on Wednesday. Market capitalisation was also down at 96,320.35 billion cedis from 96,394.47 billion cedis on Wednesday from 3,663.51 million issued shares.

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

ABL 1,480 AGA 300,000 AADs 3,000 ALW 6,252 BAT 4,500 BOPP 7,000 CAL 3,400 CFAO 275 CLYD 1,300 CMLT 1,400 CPC 800 EIC 7,500 FML 18,000 GBL 1,600 GCB 12,500 GGL 12,500

HFC 7,000 -740 MGL 275 MLC 2,700 MOGL 39,010 PAF 800 PBC 3,300 PZ 5,800 SCB 160,000 SPL 750 SPPC 390 SG-SSB 25,000 SWL 290 TBL 27,900 UNIL 18,000