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Standard Chartered Bank gain pushes up GSE Index

Wed, 15 Sep 2004 Source: GNA

Accra, Sept. 15, GNA - Another impressive performance of Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) on the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) on Wednesday pushed up the main market Index, the GSE All-share Index, by 90.05 points after a series of poor performances by the bourse SCB, the second highest priced equity after Anglogold Ashanti, gained 10,000 cedis on a day that saw six price gains and one loser. The GSE All-Share Index closed at 7,078.81 points while change for the year went up to 99.46 per cent from Monday's close of 96.93 per cent.




Total number of shares traded was up at 449,400 from Monday's close of 192,000 cedis. Market capitalisation ended higher at 97,420.64 billion cedis. SCB led gainers by 10,000 cedis at 170,000 cedis, Benso Oil Palm Plantation gained 750 cedis at 8,500 cedis, Fan Milk Limited was 400 cedis better at 11,500 cedis, Ghana Commercial Bank appreciated by 140 cedis at 14,000 cedis, Enterprise Insurance Company 100 cedis up at 7,500 cedis and CFAO gained 14 cedis at 154 cedis. Clydestone was the only loser by 100 cedis at 1,300 cedis.





The following are the last prices of listed equities in cedis:





ABL  1,480 


AGA 300,000

AADs 3,006


ALW 10,000


BAT 7,800


BOPP 8,500 +750


CFAO 154 +14


CLYD 1,300 -100


CMLT 800

CPC 1,000


EIC 7,500 +100


FML 11,500 +400


GBL 1,500


GCB 14,000 +140


GGL 12,700


HFC 10,100

MGL 275


MLC 3,100


MOGL 37,500


PAF 800


PBC 3,600


PZ 4,502


SCB 170,000 +10,000

SPPC 390


SG-SSB 31,000


SWL 290


TBL 31,400


UNIL 25,000

Source: GNA