Accra (Greater Accra) 04 April 2002 - A 50-cedi gain in the share price of Fan Milk sLimited sustained the rise of the GSE All-Share Index on Wednesday. However, it was a huge sale of Ghana Commercial Bank (GCB) shares that was most significant in trading. GCB sold 5,276,000 out of the total of 5,286,200 shares that changed hands and the index went up by 0.93 points to 1,020.02 points from 1,019.09 points. Total number of shares that changed hands on Tuesday was a mere 19,600.
The change for the year also went up to 6.70 per cent from 6.60 per cent. Market capitalisation was higher at 4,008.81 billion cedis from 4,006.99 billion cedis. On the broader market, there were three price changes, all positive. Enterprise Insurance Company was up one cedi at 3,126 cedis, Fan Milk Limited was 50 cedis richer at 1,000 cedis and GCB gained five cedis at 1,700 cedis. The following are the closing prices of the equities in cedis:
ABL 323
AGC 18,800
ALW 4,300
BAT 637
CFAO 60
EIC 3,126 +1
FML 1,000 +50
GBL 1,000
GCB 1,700 +5
GGL 910
HFC 950
MGL 250
MLC 147
MOGL 18,805
PAF 750
PBC 450
PZ 1,200
SCB 20,500
SPPC 361
SSB 2,704
UNIL 2,901
CMLT 430
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