Accra, May 18, GNA - The GSE All-Share index, the benchmark measure of the Accra bourse, continued its slow rise in another dull trading on Friday.

The index closed 1.21 points higher at 5,165.09 points at 5,163.88 points.

Total shares traded closed the session lower at 62,700 from Thursday's 71,700 shares. Change for was better at 3.18 per cent from 3.15 per cent. On the broader market, there were six price changes, all positive. Stanchart led the way with 380 cedis gain at 180,500 cedis. Ecobank Ghana Limited and Enterprise Insurance Company gained two cedis each at 14,252 cedis and 9,425 cedis respectively while Fan Milk Limited, SG-SSB and Total made one cedi each at 19,306 cedis, 7,002 cedis and 54,271 cedis respectively.

Market capitalization ended the session at 113,459.87 billion cedis from 113,452.63 billion cedis.

The following are the prices of equities in cedis:

ABL 1,150 AGA 300,000 ALW 7,470 AYRTN 976 BAT 3,300 BOPP 5,450 CAL 2,610 CFAO 350 CLYD 800 CMLT 1,700 CPC 538

EBG 14,252 +2

EIC 9,425 +2 ETI 11,350

FML 19,306 +1 GCB 6,800 GGBL 9,420 GWEB 550 HFC 5,400 MLC 2,100 PKL 800 PBC 2,600 PZ 7,200 SCB 180,500 +380 SPL 550 SPPC 225 SG-SSB 7,002 +1 SWL 265 TBL 13,250 TOTAL 54,271 +1 TRANSOL 1,200 UNIL 15,100 AADS 3,400