Index continues gradual push up

Accra, Oct. 19, GNA - The GSE-All Share Index, the benchmark measure, climbed by 0.39 points to close at 4,888.95 points from 4,888.56 points as the market attempts to shed off the bearish sentiments.

Change for the year-to-date now stands at -28.09 per cent. Traded volumes rose on the back of block sales in the shares of Produce Buying Company to close at 34.5 million shares. PBC alone accounted for 33.3 million of the shares sold. On the broader market British American Tobacco gained 10 cedis to close at 3,090 cedis and Guinness Ghana Brewery Limited went up by two cedis at 7,512 cedis.

Market capitalisation ended up at 92,177.71 billion cedis up marginally from 92,176.69 billion cedis.

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

ABL 1,480 AGA 300,000 AADs 3,000 ALW 4,500

BAT 3,090 +10

BOPP 6,000 CAL 2,000 CFAO 405 CLYD 1,300 CMLT 1,800 CPC 600 EIC 7,000 FML 15,625 GCB 6,750

GGBL 7,512 +2

GWEB 550 HFC 7,000 MLC 2,500 MOGL 38,000 PAF 800 PBC 3,000 PZ 6,500 SCB 134,000 SPL 600 SPPC 390 SG-SSB 7,865 SWL 290 TBL 27,900 UNIL 15,500