Business News of Friday, 8 April 2005

Source: GNA

Bourse slumps again

Accra, April 8, GNA - The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) slumped again in trading on Friday after a slight recovery on Wednesday, this time dragged down by a Ghana Commercial Bank's (GCB) loss.

The GSE All-Share Index, the main stock index, plummeted by 30.83 points at 6,358.62 points and change for the year was down at -6.47 per cent.

Shares traded, however, went up to 354,200 from the 214,700 shares that changed hands during Wednesday's trading.

GCB was the sole equity that saw a price change, a 510-cedi loss at 12,500 cedis.

Market capitalisation was poorer at 96,404.70 billion cedis from Wednesday's 96,488.85 billion cedis from 3,663.51 million issued shares.

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

ABL 1,480

AGA 300,000

AADs 3,000

ALW 6,252

BAT 4,500

BOPP 7,000

CAL 3,400

CFAO 275

CLYD 1,200

CMLT 1,400

CPC 800 EIC 7,500 FML 18,000 GBL 1,600

GCB 12,500 -510

GGL 12,500 HFC 7,740 MGL 275 MLC 3,000 MOGL 39,010 PAF 800

PBC 3,300 PZ 5,750 SCB 160,000 SPL 750 SPPC 390

SG-SSB 25,000 SWL 290 TBL 27,900

UNIL 18,000