GRi BEF News 08 - 12 - 99

Stock Exchange recovers

Stock Exchange recovers

Accra (Greater Accra), 9th December 99

The Accra bourse recovered on Wednesday with increases in all the main market numbers.

The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) All-Share Index, the main market indicator gained 1.04 points at 746.03 points improving the change to date from negative 14.21 per cent to negative 14.09 per cent.

Total shares traded leaped from a mere 10,800 shares on Monday to 372,800 while bids jumped from 84,100 to 421,600 shares. There was no trading in 10 of the 22 listed equities.

Offers were up from 615,160 to 936,930 shares with all but two companies - Accra Brewery and Camelot - making offers. Market capitalisation improved from 3,219.30 billion cedis to 3,220.95 billion cedis.

On the broader market, there was only one price change. Ghana Commercial Bank, which has been seesawing, moved up this time with a 10-cedi gain at 760 cedis.

The market had come down with a bang on Monday after last Wednesday's record sales propelled by huge sales of SSB Bank shares.

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

ABL 450

AGC 18,700

ALW 2,490

BAT 470

CFAO 38

EIC 1,880

FML 900

GBL 1,450

GCB 750 +10

GGL 950

HFC 750

MGL 200

MLC 150

MOGL 15,000

PAF 300

PZ 800

SCB 19,700

SPPC 150

SSB 1,980

UNIL 1,860

UTC-E 125

CMLT 420

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