Accra, Aug 11, GNA - The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) All-Share Index, the main market indicator, on Wednesday went up substantially by 124.66 points to continue its gains this week.
The Index, which made marginal gains on Monday and Tuesday, therefore, closed Wednesday's trading at 6,389.98 points from 6,265.32 points the previous session.
The Change Year to Date also rose to 14.67.
Traded volume also went up at 1,009,589 shares valued at GH¢679,161.20. Shares of 16 equities changed hands with Enterprise Insurance Company Limited (EIC) leading the pack with 293,900 shares valued at GH¢429,713.00 followed by Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI) with 619,000 shares valued at GH¢86,658.00.
On the broader market, there were five price changes, all of which were positive. EIC led the gainers with a share price increase of GH¢0.19 to close trading at GH¢1.50; Standard Chartered Bank Ghana Limited (SCB) went up by GH¢0.05 to close trading at GH¢43.05 while ETI, Fan Milk Limited (FML) and Ghana Commercial Bank Limited (GCB) appreciated by GH¢0.01 each to close trading at GH¢0.14, GH¢8.01 and GH¢1.72 in that order.
Market Capitalisation now stands at 18,255.52 million from 18,147.38 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 0.27
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 2.90
Enterprise Insurance Co. Ltd EIC 1.50 +0.19
Ecobank Transnational Inc. ETI 0.14 +0.01
Fan Milk Limited FML 8.01 +0.01
Ghana Commercial Bank Ltd GCB 1.72 +0.01
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
Mechanical Lloyd Co. Ltd MLC 0.17
Pioneer Kitchenware Ltd PKL 0.07
Produce Buying Company PBC 0.17
PZ Cussons Ghana Ltd PZC 1.10
Standard Chart Bank Gh. Ltd SCB 43.05 +0.05
SIC Insurance Company Limited SIC 0.40
Starwin Products Limited SPL 0.05
SG-SSB Limited SG-SSB 0.57
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 3.65
UT Bank Limited UTB 0.25
AngloGold Ashanti Depository Shares AADS 0.36
Standard Chartered Bank Preference Shares SCB PREF 0.52
