Accra bourse rises on Ecobank Transnational gain

Accra, Sept. 19, GNA - The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) rose again on Tuesday on the strength of a healthy gain by newly listed Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI) although volumes that change hands were weak.

The GSE All-Share Index, the main bench mark, rose by 6.99 points at 4,953.52 points from 4,946.53 points.

On the broader market there were five price changes, all positive. ETI gained 50 cedis at 22,650, ECOBANK (Ghana) made three cedis at 12,003 cedis, Enterprise Insurance Company was three cedis better at 8,421 cedis, Fan Milk Limited was also stronger by three cedis at 16,158 cedis and newly listed TOTAL, after its merger with Mobil Oil Ghana Limited, inched up by one cedi at 54,001 cedis. The last price of Mobil Oil was 54,000 cedis.

Only 47,700 shares changed hands while market capitalisation 111,440.38 billion cedis.

The following are the last prices of the listed equities in cedis:

ABL 1,150 AGA 300,000 ALW 7,004 AYTTN 890 BAT 3,160 BOPP 5,500 CAL 1,800 CFAO 399 CLYD 1,000 CMLT 1,700 CPC 538

EBG 12,003 +3

EIC 8,421 +3

ETI 22,650 +50

FML 16,158 +3

GCB 6,150 GGBL 9,250 GWEB 550 HFC 5,400 MLC 2,500 PAF 800 PBC 2,800 PZ 6,610 SCB 150,000 SPL 550 SPPC 390 SG-SSB 6,748 SWL 265 TBL 27,000 TOTAL 54,001 +1 UNIL 15,000