Accra bourse dips

Accra, Aug. 12, GNA - The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) All-Share Index, the main market indicator, dropped marginally by 4.01 points from 6,389.98 points to 6,385.97 points during Thursday's trading.

The drop was the first in the week after the index rose successively for three times from Monday.

The Change Year to Date also dropped to 14.60, up from 14.67 recorded on Wednesday.

Traded volume closed the session at 592,146 shares valued at GH¢236,452.71. SIC Insurance Company Limited (SIC) led the pack with 362,100 shares valued at GH¢134,022.00; followed by UT Bank Limited (UTB) with 88,700 shares valued at GH¢22,175.00 and Cal Bank Limited (CAL) had 62,600 of its shares valued at GH¢16,902.00 changing hands. Shares of 13 other equities were sold.

On the broader market, there were five price changes, three positives and two negatives. Enterprise Insurance Company Limited (EIC) led the gainers with a share price increase of GH¢0.06 to close trading at GH¢1.56; Ghana Commercial Bank went up by GH¢0.03 to close trading at GH¢1.75 and Fan Milk Limited appreciated by GH¢0.01 to close trading at GH¢8.02.

Ecobank Ghana Limited (EBG) and SIC lost GH¢0.03 each to close trading at GH¢2.87 and GH¢0.37 respectively.

Market Capitalisation was 18,252.43 million from 18,255.52 million issued shares.

The following are the closing prices of equities in Ghana Cedis:

Equities Share Code Closing Price in GH¢

Accra Brewery Ltd ABL 0.08

African Champion Industries Ltd ACI 0.09

Anglo Gold Ashanti AGA 34.00

Aluworks Limited ALW 0.33

Ayrton Drug Man. Ltd. AYRTN 0.16

Benso Oil Palm Plantation BOPP 0.74

Cal Bank Limited CAL 0.27

CFAO Ghana Limited CFAO 0.03

Clydestone Ghana Ltd CLYD 0.07

Camelot Ghana Limited CMLT 0.16

Cocoa Processing Com Ltd CPC 0.02

Ecobank Ghana Ltd EBG 2.87 -0.03

Enterprise Insurance Co. Ltd EIC 1.56 +0.06

Ecobank Transnational Inc. ETI 0.14

Fan Milk Limited FML 8.02 +0.01

Ghana Commercial Bank Ltd GCB 1.75 +0.03

Guinness Ghana Breweries Ltd GGBL 1.56

Ghana Oil Company GOIL 0.25

Golden Star Resources GSR 3.40

Golden Web Ltd GWEB 0.05

HFC Bank Ltd HFC 0.54

Mechanical Lloyd Co. Ltd MLC 0.17

Pioneer Kitchenware Ltd PKL 0.07

Produce Buying Company PBC 0.17

PZ Cussons Ghana Ltd PZC 1.10

Standard Chart Bank Gh. Ltd SCB 43.05

SIC Insurance Company Limited SIC 0.37 -0.03

Starwin Products Limited SPL 0.05

SG-SSB Limited SG-SSB 0.57

Sam Woode Limited SWL 0.02

Trust Bank Ltd (Gambia) TBL 1.33

TOTAL Petroleum Ghana Ltd TOTAL 8.30

Transaction Solutions Gh. Ltd TRANSOL 0.07

Unilever Ghana Ltd UNIL 3.65

UT Bank Limited UTB 0.25

AngloGold Ashanti Depository Shares AADS 0.36

Standard Chartered Bank Preference Shares SCB PREF 0.52