Enterprise Insurance keeps bourse alive

Accra, Oct. 4, GNA - Enterprise Insurance Company (EIC) kept the Accra bourses alive on Tuesday with its 165-cedi gain that pushed up the main stock index.

The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) All-Share Index went up by 0.33 points to end trading at 4,878.64 points from 4,878.31 points on Monday. Change for the year-to-date improved slightly at -28.24 per cent. EIC, which has edged up consistently, gained 165 cedis at 6,200. Fan Milk Limited rose by three cedis at 15,608 cedis and Patterson Zochonis was one cedi better at 6,408 cedis.

Shares that changed hands were better at 40,700 from 30,400. Market capitalisation went up at 92,134.05 billion cedis from 92,129.90 billion cedis 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 6,200 +165

FML 15,608 +3

GCB 6,750 GGBL 7,300 GWEB 550 HFC 7,000 MLC 2,500 MOGL 38,000 PAF 800 PBC 3,000

PZ 6,408 +1

SCB 134,000 SPL 600 SPPC 390 SG-SSB 7,865 SWL 290 TBL 27,900 UNIL 15,500