Stock index recovers

Accra, Aug. 11, GNA - The main index of the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) rose by 17.53 points in quiet trading on Wednesday that saw only two price appreciations.

The GSE All-Share Index went up 17.53 points to reverse a 15.99 points loss it suffered on Monday to go up to 7,358.22 points from 7,340.69 points.

Change for the year stands at 107.07 per cent.

Market capitalisation ended up marginally at 97,863.72 billion cedis compared to 97,818.77 billion cedis.

On the broader market there were two price changes. Clydstone gained 55 cedis at 1,600 cedis and Cocoa Processing Company regained the 50 cedis it lost on Monday to close at 1,950 cedis.

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

ABL 1,460 AGA 300,000 AADs 3,006 ALW 12,100 BAT 7,800 CFAO 130

CLYD 1,600 +55 CMLT 780

CPC 1,950 +50 EIC 3,700 FML 9,500 GBL 1,500

GCB 16,000 GGL 12,750 HFC 10,100 MGL 275

MLC 3,100 MOGL 36,858

PAF 800

PBC 3,600

PZ 4,015

SCB 140,000 SPPC 390 SG-SSB 31,750 SWL 290 TBL 31,400 UNIL 27,500