Standard Chartered Bank gain pushes up GSE Index

Accra, Sept. 15, GNA - Another impressive performance of Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) on the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) on Wednesday pushed up the main market Index, the GSE All-share Index, by 90.05 points after a series of poor performances by the bourse SCB, the second highest priced equity after Anglogold Ashanti, gained 10,000 cedis on a day that saw six price gains and one loser. The GSE All-Share Index closed at 7,078.81 points while change for the year went up to 99.46 per cent from Monday's close of 96.93 per cent.



Total number of shares traded was up at 449,400 from Monday's close of 192,000 cedis. Market capitalisation ended higher at 97,420.64 billion cedis. SCB led gainers by 10,000 cedis at 170,000 cedis, Benso Oil Palm Plantation gained 750 cedis at 8,500 cedis, Fan Milk Limited was 400 cedis better at 11,500 cedis, Ghana Commercial Bank appreciated by 140 cedis at 14,000 cedis, Enterprise Insurance Company 100 cedis up at 7,500 cedis and CFAO gained 14 cedis at 154 cedis. Clydestone was the only loser by 100 cedis at 1,300 cedis.



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

ABL  1,480 


AGA 300,000 


AADs  3,006 


ALW  10,000 


BAT  7,800 


BOPP  8,500 +750 


CFAO   154 +14 


CLYD  1,300 -100 


CMLT   800 


CPC  1,000 


EIC     7,500 +100 


FML  11,500 +400 


GBL  1,500 


GCB    14,000 +140 


GGL    12,700 


HFC  10,100 


MGL   275 


MLC  3,100 


MOGL  37,500 


PAF   800 


PBC  3,600 


PZ  4,502 


SCB 170,000 +10,000 


SPPC   390 


SG-SSB 31,000 


SWL   290 


TBL  31,400 


UNIL  25,000