Accra bourse continues upward surge

Accra, May 14, GNA - The Ghana Stock Exchange wrapped up another successful week on Friday with the GSE-All Share Index, the main market measure, closing 56 points higher at 6,756.08 points. Traded volumes stood at 1,633,600 shares on the back of Ghana Brewery Limited that sold 1,323,500 shares. The change for the year to date is 90.13 points.

On the broader market, there were seven positive price changes. Trust Bank Limited (TBL) led the pack with a gain of 2,000 cedis to close at 30,000 cedis; SG-SSB went up a modest one cedi at 31,003 cedis; Home Finance Company went up four cedis at 10,055 cedis and Guinness Ghana Limited (GGL) was higher by 100 cedis at 11,600 cedis. Cocoa Processing Company gained 68 cedis at 1,650 cedis, CFAO was up five cedis at 95 cedis and Accra Brewery Limited gained 46 cedis at 700 cedis.

Market Capitalisation rose to 96,189.38 billion cedis from 3,293.08 million issued shares.

The following are the last prices of listed equities in cedis: ABL      700 +46 AGA    300,000 AADs     3,005 ALW     12,500 BAT     7,801 CFAO      95 +5 CMLT      670 CPC     1,650      +68 EIC     17,301 FML     6,700 GBL     1,500 GCB     18,100 GGL     11,600      +100 HFC     10,055      +4 MGL      275 MLC     3,100 MOGL    40,050 PAF      755 PBC     3,920 PZ      3,200 SCB     88,851 SPPC      390 SG-SSB   31,003 +1 SWL      290 TBL     30,000 +2,000 UNIL    20,550