Banking stocks lift Accra bourse

Accra, Sept. 17, GNA - Banking equities, led by Standard Chartered Bank, lifted the Accra bourse in trading on Monday, but volumes that changed hands were still low.

The GSE All-Share Index climbed by 34.75 points at 5,662.60 points from 5,627.85 points on Friday.

Change for the year ended at 13.12 per cent.

There were three price changes, all positive.

Standard Chartered Bank, the second best equity after Anglogold Ashanti, gained 0.9500 GH cedis at 21.0000, SG-SSB was 0.0295 GH cedis up at 1.0500 GH cedis and Ecobank Ghana Limited gained 0.0009 GH cedis at 1.5810 GH cedis.

Market capitalisation ended at 11,720.92 million GH cedis from 11,707.69 million GH cedis.