Accra, Jan. 11, GNA - The GSE All-Share Index, the benchmark index of the Accra bourse, on Friday went up 6.03 points on the strength of strong performance by Standard Chartered Bank and Total Ghana Limited.

Standard Chartered Bank and Total gained 2,000 cedis and 60 cedis, respectively, to push the index up to close at 5,007.18 points from 5,001.15 points registered on Thursday.

Shares that changed hands fell to 43,800 shares compared to 138,800 shares during the previous trading.

Change year to date stands at 0.02 per cent.

There were two positive price changes on the broader market. SCB went up by 2,000 cedis to close at 160,000 cedis and Total rose 60 cedis at 54,100 cedis.

Market capitalization closed higher at 112,502.98 billion cedis from 112,466.95 billion cedis at the previous session.

The following are the prices of equities in cedis:

ABL 1,150 AGA 300,000 ALW 7,251 AYRTN 976 BAT 3,300 BOPP 5,500 CAL 2,205 CFAO 399 CFAO 800 CMLT 1,700 CPC 538 EBG 13,531 EIC 8,820 ETI 22,700 FML 18,011 GCB 6,150 GGBL 9,000 GWEB 550 HFC 5,400 MLC 2,100 PKL 800 PBC 2,600 PZ 6,995

SCB 160,000 +2,000

SPL 550 SPPC 225 SG-SSB 6,000 SWL 265 TBL 13,250

TOTAL 54,100 +60 TRANSOL 1,000 12 Jan 07