Accra Bourse Index Rises on Gains in Ecobank Ghana, GOIL

The GSE-Composite Index (GSE-CI), the benchmark measure of performance of the Ghana Stock Exchange, rose 1.43 points to 1,024.23 points from 1,022.80 points on Monday with a year-to-date return of 5.70 per cent.

The GSE-Financial Stocks Index (GSE-FSI), which tracks the performance of listed financial stocks, also fell by 3.34 points to 885.05 points from 881.71 points with a year-to-date change of 2.54 per cent.

There were two price changes equally shared between the gainers and the losers.

Ecobank Ghana Limited was up GH¢0.05 to GH¢3.02 and Ghana Oil Company gained GH¢0.02 to GH¢0.49.

The stocks on the losing side were UT Bank down GH¢0.01 to GH¢0.31 and Fan Milk Limited fell GH¢0.07 to GH¢2.00.

Market Capitalization rose to close the session at GH¢54,856.18 million.

Shares traded are 538,792, valued at GH¢242,748.

The following are the closing prices of equities in Ghana Cedis:

Company Share Code Closing Prices Change

African Champion Industries Ltd ACI 0.08

Anglo Gold Ashanti AGA 34.00

Aluworks Limited ALW 0.06

Ayrton Drug Man. Ltd. AYRTN 0.17

Benso Oil Palm Plantation BOPP 1.64

Cal Bank Limited CAL 0.23

Clydestone Ghana Ltd CLYD 0.04

Camelot Ghana Limited CMLT 0.12

Cocoa Processing Com Ltd CPC 0.02

Ecobank Ghana Ltd EBG 3.02 +0.05

Enterprise Insurance Co. Ltd EGL 0.28

Ecobank Transnational Inc. ETI 0.13

Fan Milk Limited FML 2.00 -0.07

Ghana Commercial Bank Ltd GCB 1.92

Guinness Ghana Breweries Ltd GGBL 1.88

Ghana Oil Company GOIL 0.49 +0.02

Golden Star Resources GSR 2.75

Golden Web Ltd GWEB 0.04

HFC Bank Ltd HFC 0.45

Mechanical Lloyd Co. Ltd MLC 0.10

Pioneer Kitchenware Ltd PKL 0.06

Produce Buying Company PBC 0.24

PZ Cussons Ghana Ltd PZC 0.22

Standard Chart Bank Gh. Ltd SCB 48.00

SIC Insurance Company Limited SIC 0.36

Starwin Products Limited SPL 0.04

SG-SSB Limited SG-SSB 0.36

Sam Woode Limited SWL 0.02

Trust Bank Ltd (Gambia) TBL 0.40

TOTAL Petroleum Ghana Ltd TOTAL 19.96 +0.01

Transaction Solutions Gh. Ltd TRANSOL 0.05

Tullow Oil Plc TLW 38.50

Unilever Ghana Ltd UNIL 8.35

UT Bank Limited UTB 0.31 -0.01

AngloGold Ashanti Depository Shares AADS 0.52

Standard Chartered Bank Preference Shares SCB PREF 0.52