Accra (Greater Accra) 27 June 2002- The GSE-All Share Index, rose 9.49 points on Wednesday to reverse Monday's loss on the bourse, thanks to impressive gains by Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) and Unilever Ghana Limited (UNIL).
The key stock measure, which had dipped on Monday as result of a 10-cedi loss by Produce Buying Company (PBC), rallied to close at 1,219.73 points as against 1,210.24 points at the previous session.
Traded volumes also received a boost, going up from 94,600 shares on Monday to 914,200 shares during the mid-week trading session, pushed up by UNIL, which sold 890,700 shares in a block trade.
On the broader market, there were three positive price changes. SCB gained 699 cedis at 21,600 cedis, UNIL was up 95 cedis at 3,300 cedis and Mechanical Lloyd Company made five cedis at 255 cedis.
Market capitalisation was stronger at 4,421.64 billion cedis from 4,403.21 billion cedis at the previous close. Change for the year was 27.59 per cent. The following are the last prices of listed equities in cedis:
ABL 361
AGC 18,800
ALW 4,000
BAT 924
CFAO 60
EIC 4,200
FML 1,616
GBL 900
GCB 3,217
GGL 910
HFC 955
MGL 251
MLC 255 +5
MOGL 19,000
PAF 750
PBC 440
PZ 1,620
SCB 21,600 +699
SPPC 372
SSB 3,700
SWL 285
UNIL 3,300 +95
CMLT 437
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