Index rises on ETI, GCB gain

Price appreciation in Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI) and Ghana Commercial Bank (GCB) pushed the Index up by 126.55 points to close at 5,572.34 points from 5,545.79 points on Wednesday.

The gain reduces the year-to-date loss to 46.58 per cent.

Traded volumes fell marginally to 52,810 from 57,021 shares.

There were two price changes. GCB went up by GH¢0.03 at GH¢0.74 and ETI gained GH¢0.01 at GH¢0.15.

Market Capitalisation ended the session up at GH¢15,941.92 million compared to GH¢15,834.82 at the previous close.

The following are the closing prices of equities in Ghana cedis:

Accra Brewery Ltd ABL 0.10

African Champion Industries Ltd ACI 0.10

Anglo Gold Ashanti AGA 30.00

Aluworks Limited ALW 0.44

Ayrton Drug Man. Ltd. AYRTN 0.13

Benso Oil Palm Plantation BOPP 0.48

Cal Bank Limited CAL 0.20

CFAO Ghana Limited CFAO 0.03

Clydestone Ghana Ltd CLYD 0.08

Camelot Ghana Limited CMLT 0.16

Cocoa Processing Com Ltd CPC 0.03

Ecobank Ghana Ltd EBG 2.80

Enterprise Insurance Co. Ltd EIC 2.20

Ecobank Transnational Inc. ETI 0.15 +0.01

Fan Milk Limited FML 5.55

Ghana Commercial Bank Ltd GCB 0.74 +0.03

Guinness Ghana Breweries Ltd GGBL 1.35

Ghana Oil Company GOIL 0.17

Golden Star Resources GSR 3.10

Golden Web Ltd GWEB 0.05

HFC Bank Ltd HFC 0.62

Mechanical Lloyd Co. Ltd MLC 0.20

Pioneer Kitchenware Ltd PKL 0.07

Produce Buying Company PBC 0.19

PZ Cussons Ghana Ltd PZC 1.10

StanChart Bank Gh. Ltd SCB 30.00

SIC Insurance Company Limited SIC 0.27

Starwin Products Limited SPL 0.05

SG-SSB Limited SG-SSB 0.45

Sam Woode Limited SWL 0.03

Trust Bank Ltd (Gambia) TBL 1.33

TOTAL Petroleum Ghana Ltd TOTAL 6.80

Transaction Solutions Gh. Ltd TRANSOL 0.09

Unilever Ghana Ltd UNIL 3.40

UT Financial Services UTF 0.21

AngloGold Ashanti Depository Shares AADS 0.30

Source: GNA