Stock Exchange Index makes moderate gain

Accra, Jan. 7, GNA - The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) inched up in moderate trading on Friday as the bourse began to warm up. The GSE All-Share Index, the main stock index, recorded a 4.23-point gain to end the day at 6,808.65 points.

Change for the year ended at 0.15 per cent while market capitalisation also closed at 97,642.26 billion cedis from 3,663.42 million shares.

There were three price changes, all positive. Ghana Commercial Bank (GCB) led the way with a 50-cedi gain at 10,252 cedis, Starwin Products Limited (SPL) was 41 cedis better at 651 while Benso Oil Palm Plantation (BOPP) was seven cedis up at 6,560 cedis.

Total shares that changed hands were 1,260,400 with GCB selling 946,400.

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 6,560 +7

CAL 3,400 CFAO 220 CLYD 1,330 CMLT 970 CPC 1,000 EIC 8,000 FML 20,000 GBL 1,600 GCB 10,252 +50 GGL 12,700 HFC 10,000 MGL 275 MLC 3,100 MOGL 39,000 PAF 800 PBC 3,600 PZ 4,701 SCB 170,000

SPL 651 +41

SPPC 390 SG-SSB 27,000 SWL 290 TBL 31,000 UNIL 22,000