Market experiences dull trading

The Ghana Stock Exchange on Wednesday experienced a dull trading that saw the total shares traded on Monday dropped significantly. However, the All-Share Index, the Market Index, managed to gain 0.8 points to close trading up at 1,307.20 points from 1,306.40 points. Shares traded dropped from 624,200 to 103,400.

The change in the year to date stood at 36.74 per cent from 36.66 per cent while the market capitalization moved up while market capitalization moved up from 4,852.84 billion cedis to 4,854.63 billion cedis.

On the broader market, there were five positive price changes. Unilever Ghana Limited (UNIL) gained 10 cedis to close trading at 4,240 cedis. Ghana Commercial Bank (GCB) finished the day richer by four cedis at 3,351 cedis.

The SSB Bank gained three cedis at 3,880 cedis. Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) and Ashanti Goldfields Limited gained two cedis each to close the day up at 26,023 cedis and 18,807 cedis respectively.

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

ABL 380

AGC 18,807 +2

ALW 4,000

BAT 953

CFAO 67

EIC 4,520

FML 1,627

GBL 900

GCB 3,351 +4

GGL 912

HFC 955

MGL 254

MLC 261

MOGL 19,720

PAF 750

PBC 400

PZ 1,850

SCB 26,023 +2

SPPC 387

SSB 3,880 +3

SWL 285

UNIL 4,240 +10

CMLT 460