Accra Bourse rises on banking stocks

Accra, March 22, GNA -The Accra bourse index gained on Friday with financial stocks, adding the most points to the index. The benchmark, GSE All-Share Index, went up 15.66 points at 5,841.71=

points from 5,826.05 points. The year to date change now stands at 4.83 percent. Ecobank Ghana (EBG) gained GH¢0.04 at GH¢3.69, UT Financial Serv= ices (UTF) was up GH¢0.01 at GH¢0.23, State Insurance Company (SIC) gained=

GH¢0.01 at GH¢0.30 and Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) rose GH¢0.04 a= t GH¢31.37. The sole loser was Ghana Oil Compamy Limited, which shed GH¢0.01 a= t GH¢0.19. Traded volumes were low at 155,024 shares valued at GH¢79,487.42. Market Capitalisation closed the session up at GH¢17,672.07 millio= n.