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 16.66 points. The Index closed on Monday at 8,649.06 points from 8,632.40 points on Friday. Change for the year to date now stands at 31.05 per cent. Traded volumes closed the session at 460,000 shares, with CAL Bank (CAL) selling 134,800 shares followed by Mechanical Lloyd Company Limited (MLC), which sold 126,500 shares.
On the broader market there were six positive price changes. CAL and HFC Bank (HFC) gained GH¢ 0.02 each to close trading at GH¢ 0.53 and GH¢ 0.58, respectively; while Ghana Commercial Bank (GCB) and SIC Insurance (SIC) were richer by GH¢ 0.01 each to close at GH¢ 1.32 and GH¢ 0.41, respectively.
The other gainers were Benso Oil Palm Plantation (BOPP) which went up by GH¢ 0.01 to close at GH¢ 0.60 while PZ Cussons Ghana Limited (PZ) also gained GH¢ 0.01 to end trading at GH¢ 0.86. Market capitalisation closed the trading session higher at GH¢ 14,461.18 million from GH¢ 14,450.80 million on Friday.
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 0.60 + 0.01
Cal Bank Limited CAL 0.53 + 0.02
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 2.71
Enterprise Insurance Co. Ltd EIC 1.83
Ecobank Transnational Inc. ETI 1.96
Fan Milk Limited FML 2.89
Ghana Commercial Bank Ltd GCB 1.32 + 0.01
Guinness Ghana Breweries Ltd GGBL 1.55
Ghana Oil Company GOIL 0.26
Golden Star Resources GSR 3.10
Golden Web Ltd GWEB 0.055
HFC Bank Ltd HFC 0.58 + 0.02
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 + 0.01
Standard Chart. Bank Gh.Ltd SCB 26.77
SIC Insurance Company Limited SIC 0.41 + 0.01
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 5.57
Transaction Solutions Gh.Ltd TRANSOL 0.12
Unilever Ghana Ltd UNIL 2.25
AngloGold Ashanti Depository Shares AADS 0.345