Stock market slips in dull trading

Accra, Sept. 16, GNA - The GSE All-Share Index slipped in dull trading on Friday as bearish sentiments continued to hang over the market.

The index closed lower by 15.89 points at 4,888.12 points from 4,904.01 points on Thursday.

Change for the year-to-date ended at -28.10 per cent. There were three price changes, two up and one down. Enterprise Insurance Company (EIC) gained 299 cedis at 6,000 cedis and Guinness Ghana Brewery Limited (GGBL) was one cedi better at 7,201 cedis. Unilever lost 700 cedis at 15,800 cedis.

Shares that changed hands were down at 92,800 sharers from 126,800. Market capitalisation closed up at 92,155.06 billion cedis from 92,191.00 billion cedis on Thursday from 3,393.18 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 3,000 BOPP 6,000 CAL 2,000 CFAO 405 CLYD 1,300 CMLT 1,800 CPC 600

EIC 6,000 +299

FML 15,555 GCB 6,900

GGBL 7,201 +1

GWEB 550 HFC 7,000 MLC 2,500 MOGL 38,012 PAF 800 PBC 3,000 PZ 6,405 SCB 134,000 SPL 600 SPPC 390 SG-SSB 7,865 SWL 290 TBL 27,900

UNIL 15,800 -700