Stock market ends year on quiet note

Accra, Dec. 29, GNA - The Accra bourse on Friday ended trading for the year on a quiet note with only one equity making a move. The GSE All-Share Index, the main stock index, was better by a mere 0.03 points on the strength of one cedi rise by ECOBANK Ghana at 13,519 cedis.

The index ended at 5,006.02 points from 5,005.99 points on Thursday while change for the year remained unchanged at 4.97 per cent. Traded shares ended at 111,900 shares from 23,900 shares while market capitalization ended at 112,496.01 billion cedis from 112,415.84 billion cedis.

The following are the prices of equities in cedis:

ABL 1,150 AGA 300,000 ALW 7,251 AYRTN 976 BAT 3,300 BOPP 5,500 CAL 2,205 CFAO 399 CFAO 800 CMLT 1,700 CPC 538

EBG 13,519 +1

EIC 8,818 ETI 22,700 FML 18,002 GCB 6,150 GGBL 9,248 GWEB 550 HFC 5,400 MLC 2,100 PKL 800 PBC 2,600 PZ 6,660

SCB 158,000 SPL 550 SPPC 225 SG-SSB 6,000 SWL 265 TBL 26,500 TOTAL 54,030 UNIL 15,000