Accra bourse opens week on positive note

Accra, April 29, GNA - The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) All-Share Index, the benchmark indicator of performance of the bourse, opened the week on a brighter note with a jump of 13.64 points. The Index closed on Monday at 9,108.82 points from 9,095.18 points on Friday.

Change for the year to date now stands at 38.02 per cent. Traded volumes closed the session at 346,100 shares.

On the broader market there were four positive price changes. Ecobank Ghana Limited (EBG) led the pack of gainers with GH¢ 0.04 to close atGH¢ 2.95, TOTAL Petroleum Ghana Limited (TOTAL) was GH¢ 0.02 richer at GH¢ 5.59 while CAL Bank Limited (CAL) and Fan Milk limited (FML) gained GH¢ 0.01 each to close trading at GH¢ 0.62 and GH¢ 3.16, respectively.

Market capitalisation closed the trading session higher at GH¢ 14,746.96 million.

The following are the closing prices of equities in Ghana cedis

Equities Share Code Closing Price in GH cedis

Accra Brewery Ltd ABL 0.115 Anglo Gold Ashanti AGA 30.00 Aluworks Limited ALW 0.71 Ayrton Drug Man. Ltd. AYRTN 0.13 Benso Oil Palm Plantation BOPP 0.64

Cal Bank Limited CAL 0.62 + 0.01

CFAO Ghana Limited CFAO 0.035 Clydestone Ghana Ltd CLYD 0.08 Camelot Ghana Limited CMLT 0.17 Cocoa Processing Com Ltd CPC 0.053

Ecobank Ghana Ltd EBG 2.95 + 0.04

Enterprise Insurance Co. Ltd EIC 1.85

Ecobank Transnational Inc. ETI 2.10

Fan Milk Limited FML 3.16 + 0.01

Ghana Commercial Bank Ltd GCB 1.38

Guinness Ghana Breweries Ltd GGBL 1.64 Ghana Oil Company GOIL 0.26 Golden Star Resources GSR 3.10 Golden Web Ltd GWEB 0.055 HFC Bank Ltd HFC 0.61 Mechanical Llyod Co. Ltd MLC 0.21 Pioneer Kitchenware Ltd PKL 0.08 Produce Buying Company PBC 0.24 PZ Cussons Ghana Ltd PZ 0.86

Standard Chart. Bank Gh.Ltd SCB 26.80 SIC Insurance Company Limited SIC 0.42

Starwin Products Limited SPL 0.05 Super Paper Products Co. Ltd SPPC 0.033 SG-SSB Limited SG-SSB 1.48 Sam Woode Limited SWL 0.0265 Trust Bank Ltd (Gambia) TBL 1.33

TOTAL Petroleum Ghana Ltd TOTAL 5.59 + 0.02

Transaction Solutions Gh.Ltd TRANSOL 0.12 Unilever Ghana Ltd UNIL 2.26 AngloGold Ashanti Depository Shares AADS 0.345