Standard Chartered Bank gain pushes up GSE Index

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