Stock Index slumps as poor showing of bourse continues

Accra, June 3, GNA - The poor performance of the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) continued on Friday with the benchmark GSE All-Share Index slumping by 19.56 points on the loss of Aluworks (ALW). The index went down to close at 6,033.06 points from 6,052.62 points on Wednesday.

Change for the year to date now stands at -11.26 per cent. There were two price changes, one up one down.

ALW lost 1,252 cedis at 5,000 cedis but CFAO gained two cedis at 352 cedis.

Market capitalisation was down at 95,004.26 billion cedis compared to 95,055.99 billion cedis on Wednesday. Traded volumes rose to 266,400 shares from 127,000 shares on Wednesday.

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

ABL 1,480 AGA 300,000 AADs 3,000

ALW 5,000 -1,252

BAT 4,500 BOPP 6,000 CAL 3,200

CFAO 352 +2

CLYD 1,300 CMLT 1,600 CPC 800 EIC 7,500 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 6,000

SCB 134,000

SPL 720 SPPC 390 SG-SSB 25,000 SWL 290 TBL 27,900 UNIL 17,000