Stock index goes down again

Accra, May 20, GNA - The benchmark GSE All-Share Index went down again on Friday under the weight of losses by Mobil Oil Ghana Limited (MOGL) and Starwin Products Limited (SPL).

The index lost 2.34 points to end trading at 6,050.03 from Wednesday's 6,052.37 points. Change for the year to date slid again to -11.01 per cent from -10.98 per cent on Wednesday.

There were two price changes, both losses. MOGL lost 1,000 cedis at 38,000 cedis while SPL lost 20 cedis at 720 cedis. Market capitalisation closed poorer at 95,049.14 billion cedis from 95,055.35 billion cedis on Wednesday.

Shares traded were lower at 51,200 cedis from 84,500 cedis on Wednesday, as investors continued to sit on the fence.

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 6,000 CAL 3,200 CFAO 320 CLYD 1,300 CMLT 1,580 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 -1,000

PAF 800 PBC 3,000 PZ 6,000 SCB 134,000

SPL 720 -20

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