G sold 1.000 shares of Need Ltd. for $6.000 early in the current year. The adjusted cost base of the 1,000 shares sold was $18,000. Two weeks later, the value of Need Ltd. started rising and G purchased 500 shares which he still owns at the end of the year. What is the amount of the allowable capital loss? Note: Do not place a minus sign in front of the amount. $