Stock indices continue to fall

Accra, July 25, GNA - The Ghana Stock Exchange continued to be under heavy bearish pressure as the main indices slid once more in trading on Monday.

The GSE All-Share Index, the main market indicator, fell by 33.38 points to close at 5,149.51 points from Friday's close of 5,182.89 points.

Change for the year-to-date stands at -24.26 per cent from -23.77 per cent on Friday.

On the broader market there were two price changes, both negative. Guinness Ghana Breweries Limited lost 500 cedis at 7,000 cedis while Fan Milk Limited was 300 cedis poorer at 16,200 cedis. Shares traded slid to 441,900 from 657,200 shares on Friday while market capitalisation was poorer at 92,636.61 billion cedis from 92,724.88 billion cedis from 3,400.54 million issued shares.

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 4,000 BOPP 6,000 CAL 2,420 CFAO 371 CLYD 1,300 CMLT 1,720 CPC 800 EIC 6,000

FML 16,200 -300

GCB 9,000

GGBL 7,000 -500

HFC 7,000 MGL 275 MLC 2,500 MOGL 38,000 PAF 800 PBC 3,000 PZ 6,400 SCB 134,000 SPL 650 SPPC 390 SG-SSB 8,000 SWL 290 TBL 27,900 UNIL 16,500