Losses by ETI and HFC pull down All Share Index heavily

Accra, Aug. 2, GNA - The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) All-Share Index, the main market indicator, dropped by a whopping 103.29 points from 6,394.02 points to 6,290.73 points during Monday's trading.

The Change Year to Date was 12.89 points.


Traded volume was 293,444 shares valued at GH¢112,215.25. Cal bank Limited (CAL) led the pack with 101,300 shares valued at GH¢26,338.00 followed by Produce Buying Company Limited (PBC) which sold 72,800 shares valued at GH¢9,435.00. Fourteen other equities sold shares.


On the broader market, there were four price changes, two positives and two negatives. UT Bank Limited (UTB) led the gainers with GH¢0.02 to close trading at GH¢0.25 while PBC appreciated GH¢0.01 to close trading at GH¢0.14.


HFC Bank (Ghana) Limited (HFC) lost GH¢0.02 to close trading at GH¢0.54 and Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI) fell by GH¢0.01 to close trading at GH¢0.14.


Market Capitalisation now stands at GH¢18,178.75 million from 17.48 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 0.26


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 2.95

Enterprise Insurance Co. Ltd EIC 1.19


Ecobank Transnational Inc. ETI 0.14 -0.01


Fan Milk Limited FML 7.60


Ghana Commercial Bank Ltd GCB 1.56


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 -0.02

Mechanical Lloyd Co. Ltd MLC 0.17


Pioneer Kitchenware Ltd PKL 0.07


Produce Buying Company PBC 0.14 +0.01


PZ Cussons Ghana Ltd PZC 1.10


Standard Chart Bank Gh. Ltd SCB 43.00


SIC Insurance Company Limited SIC 0.39


Starwin Products Limited SPL 0.05


SG-SSB Limited SG-SSB 0.55


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 3.60


UT Bank Limited UTB 0.25 +0.02


AngloGold Ashanti Depository Shares AADS 0.36


Standard Chartered Bank Preference Shares SCB PREF 0.52