Market index slumps in drab session

Accra, June 24, GNA - Trading on the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) finished the week with the GSE All-Share Index, the main market indicator, slumpping in a drab session on Friday.

The GSE All-Share index went down by 9.61 points at 6,024.46 points from Wednesday's 6,034.07 points. The Change Year-To-Date was poorer at -11.39 per cent.

Enterprise Insurance Company (EIC) and Unilever lost while Patterson Zochonis (PZ) was the sole gainer. EIC lost 500 cedis at 7,000 cedis and Unilever also lost 500 cedis at 16,500 cedis. PZ gained 300 cedis at 6,300 cedis.

Total shares that changed hands were up at 74,000 from 66,500 shares during the previous trading. Market capitalisation ended lower at 94,971.31 billion cedis from 95,006.94 billion cedis in Wednesday's trading.

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

ABL 1,480

AGA 300,000

AADs 3,000

ALW 5,000

BAT 4,500

BOPP 6,000

CAL 3,200

CFAO 361

CLYD 1,300

CMLT 1,701

CPC 800

EIC 7,000 -500

FML 18,000

GCB 12,400

GGBL 12,500

HFC 7,000

MGL 275

MLC 2,700

MOGL 38,000

PAF 800

PBC 3,000

PZ 6,300 +300

SCB 134,000

SPL 720

SPPC 390

SG-SSB 12,500

SWL 290

TBL 27,900

UNIL 16,500 -500