GRi Business news 08-04-99

Accra (Greater Accra) 8 April 

The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) opened trading stronger on Wednesday after the Easter holidays but in an unimpressive session which saw only one equity appreciating.

The GSE All-Share Index went up by 0.45 points to close at 827.82. It had lost 4.25 in the last trading session to close at 827.37 points.

The SSB Bank was the only gainer with a 10-cedi gain at 1,800.

Market capitalisation was higher at 3,334.71 billion cedis from the previous 3,333.24 billion cedis. Offers were lower at 3,770,340 compared to 4,064,960 posted in the last session.

Volume of shares traded was higher at 86,200 from 29,200 with bids also closing higher from the previous 487,000 to 510,000. 

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

ABL 750

AGC 18,700

ALW 2,800

CFAO 56

EIC 2,010

FML 1,250

GBL 1,950

GCB 1,000

GGL 900

HFC 750

MGL 225

MLC 245

MOGL 16,000

PAF 348

PTC 400

PZ 850

SCB 24,000

SPPC 244

SSB 1,800 +10

UNIL 1,750

UTC-E 125