The GSE All-Share Index saw one of its biggest gains during the year when it went up by 5.4 points on Monday.
The bourse, which started the year on a very slow note, has begun to sparkle and has made a string of gains during the past couple of weeks. The index gain ended trading at 978.63 points from 973.23 points on Friday on the back of gains by SSB Bank and Ghana Commercial Bank.
Change for the year responded positively going up to 2.37 per cent from 1.81 per cent while market capitalisation increased to 3,947.99 billion cedis from 3,937.52 billion cedis.
On the broader market, there were three price changes, all positive. Ghana Commercial Bank, which gained five cedis on Friday, was up another 20 cedis at 1,610 cedis and SSB Bank, which appreciated by 79 cedis on Friday, also gained another 100 cedis at 2,400 cedis. Mechanical Lloyd was up by one cedi at 147 cedis.
Total Shares traded, however, were down at 44,300 shares from 183,000 shares. The following are the closing prices of the equities in cedis:
ABL 321
AGC 18,800
ALW 4,300
BAT 627
CFAO 60
EIC 3,121
FML 950
GBL 1,000
GCB 1,610 +20
GGL 910
HFC 950
MGL 241
MLC 147 +1
MOGL 18,502
PAF 750
PBC 450
PZ 1,100
SCB 20,553
SPPC 342
SSB 2,400 +100
UNIL 2,600
CMLT 430