Market records active session

Accra (Greater Accra), 7 Jan. 99 The second session of trading on the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) this year recorded an active session which saw shares closing firmer with an improved volume. Volume of shares traded went up to 372,600 from 35,910 on the back of gains in three equities - Fan Milk Limited, Unilever and Guinness Ghana Limited.

This resulted in the GSE All-Share Index appreciating again. It went up by 1.24 points to close trading at 871.17 points from 969.93 points registered on Monday.

Total bids recorded finished at 577,000 against offers of 3.8 million.

Market capitalisation closed at 3,266.89 billion cedis today against 3,264.99 billion cedis posted on Monday.

On the broader market, four equities saw price changes - three up and one down.

Fan Milk Limited (FML) appreciated by 90 cedis to end at 1,300 cedis, Guinness Ghana Limited went up by 20 cedis to finish at 820 cedis while Unilever gained five cedis to close at 1,605 cedis.

The only loser was Accra Brewery Limited, which fell heavily by 50 cedis to end mid-week trading at 800 cedis.

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

ABL 800 -50

AGC 18,000

ALW 2,500

CFAO 50

EIC 2,400

FML 1,300 +90

GBL 2,050

GCB 1,300

GGL 820 +20

HFC 750

MGL 200

MLC 200

MOGL 17,000

PAF 400

PTC 400

PZ 900

SCB 24,000

SPPC 251

SSB 2,250

UNIL 1,605 +5

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