Stock market in slow march to end of the year

Accra, Dec. 28, GNA - The Accra bourse continued its slow march to the end of the year as the penultimate trading day ended with the main stock index barely rising. The GSE All-Share Index, the main stock index, was better by a mere 0.02 points on the strength of one cedi rise by ECOBANK Ghana at 13,518 cedis.

The index ended at 5,005.99 points from 5,005.97 points on Wednesday while change for the year remained unchanged at 4.97 per cent. Traded shares ended at only 23,900 shares from Wednesday's 163,200 and market capitalization ended better at 112,415.84 billion cedis from Wednesday's close of 112,415.68 billion cedis.

The following are the prices of equities in cedis:

ABL 1,150

AGA 300,00

ALW 7,251

AYRTN 976

BAT 3,300

BOPP 5,500

CAL 2,205

CFAO 399

CFAO 800

CMLT 1,700

CPC 538

EBG 13,518 +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