Stock index climbs down

Accra, Nov. 12, GNA - The Accra bourse slid in poor trading on Friday as the year slowly winds down and the market caves in under bearish sentiments.

The GSE All-Share Index, the main market index, was down by 4.96 points to 6,893.18 points from 6,898.14 points.

There were two price changes, both negative.

Home Finance Company was down by 100 cedis at 10,000 cedis and Clydestone lost 90 cedis at 1,210 cedis.

Change for the year was down at 93.99 per cent. Total shares traded more ended the week at 171,700 shares from Wednesday's 220,700 shares.

Market capitalization also ended lower at 97,236.03 billion cedis from 97,249.10 billion cedis from 3,580.79 million issued shares.

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

ABL 1,480 AGA 300,000 AADs 3,006 ALW 10,000 BAT 7,700 BOPP 9,000 CAL CFAO 200

CLYD 1,210 -90

CMLT 800 CPC 1,000 EIC 8,000 FML 20,001 GBL 1,500 GCB 12,000 GGL 12,700

HFC 10,000 -100

MGL 275 MLC 3,100 MOGL 38,200 PAF 800 PBC 3,600 PZ 4,600

SCB 170,000 SPPC 390 SG-SSB 27,000 SWL 290 TBL 31,000 UNIL 24,000