Accra, Feb. 16 GNA - The main benchmark of the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) slid on Wednesday on the loss of Aluworks in light trading. The GSE All-Share Index lost 3.59 points at 6,981.52 points from Monday's close of 6,855.11. Change for the year also slipped by 0.78 per cent.

Shares traded closed lower at 149,500 shares.

There were six price changes, five up and one down. Aluworks lost a whopping 650 cedis at 7,350 cedis.

Benso Oil Palm Plantation (BOPP) gained 260 cedis at 7,000 cedis, Ghana Commercial Bank (GCB) rose by eight cedis at 13,010 cedis Camelot was 100 cedis better at 1,200 cedis, CFAO rose by three cedis at 250 cedis, Patterson Zochonis appreciated by 200 cedis at 6,300 cedis. Market capitalisation closed lower at 97,760.47 billion cedis from 3,663.42 million issued shares.

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

ABL 1,480 AGA 300,000 AADs 3,000

ALW 7,350 -650

BAT 5,000

BOPP 7,000 +260

CAL 3,400

CFAO 250 +3

CLYD 1,330 CMLT 1,200 CPC 1,000 EIC 8,000 FML 20,000 GBL 1,600

GCB 13,010 +8

GGL 12,500 HFC 9,500 MGL 275 MLC 3,000 MOGL 39,010 PAF 800 PBC 3,600

PZ 5,300 +200

SCB 170,000 SPL 750 SPPC 390 SG-SSB 27,000 SWL 290 TBL 31,000

UNIL 22,000