Stock index inches up in another dull trading

Accra, May 18, GNA - The benchmark GSE All-Share Index inched up again in dull trading on Wednesday with only two equities seeing price changes.

The index gained 0.83 points to end trading at 6,052.37 points, up from 6,051.54 points on Monday. Change for the year to date, still in the red, stands at -10.98 per cent.

There were two price changes - one up and one down. CFAO was up by 10 cedis at 320 cedis while Mobil Oil Ghana Limited was down by 10 cedis at 39,000 cedis.

Market capitalisation closed higher at 95,055.35 billion cedis from 95,053.16 billion cedis on Monday. Shares traded were slightly better at 84,500 cedis from 73,200 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 6,000 CAL 3,200

CFAO 320 +10

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 39,000 -10

PAF 800 PBC 3,000 PZ 6,000 SCB 134,000 SPL 740 SPPC 390 SG-SSB 25,000 SWL 290 TBL 27,900 UNIL 17,000