Accra bourse gains on financial stocks

The GSE-Composite Index (GSE-CI), the benchmark measure of performance of the Ghana Stock Exchange, rose 3.49 points to close at 1,001.24 points from 997.75 points.
The year-to-date now stands at -0.20 per cent.
The GSE-Financial Stocks Index (GSE-FSI), which tracks the performance of listed financial stocks, however, rose by 2.02 points to 992.88 points from 990.86 points with a year-to-date change of -0.71 per cent.
There were eight price changes – six gainers and two losers.
SIC Insurance Company went up by GH¢0.01 to close at GH¢0.48, HFC Bank (Ghana) Limited gained GH¢0.03 at GH¢0.38, Fan Milk Ghana Limited advanced GH¢0.01 to close at GH¢2.40 and Cal Bank Limited was up GH¢0.01 at GH¢0.38.
Other gainers were Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) up GH¢0.01 to GH¢45.19 and Cocoa Processing Company (CPC) gained GH¢0.01 at GH¢0.03.
Losers for the session were Ghana Oil Company Limited down GH¢0.01 at GH¢0.28 and UT Bank was down GH¢0.01 at GH¢0.27.
Market Capitalization closed the session lower at GH¢20,042.32 million from GH¢20,025.14 million at the previous close.
Total shares traded were 2.66 million shares worth over one million Ghana cedis.

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

Company Share Code Closing Prices Change

Accra Brewery Ltd ABL 0.10
African Champion Industries Ltd ACI 0.08
Anglo Gold Ashanti AGA 34.00
Aluworks Limited ALW 0.13
Ayrton Drug Man. Ltd. AYRTN 0.16
Benso Oil Palm Plantation BOPP 0.78
Cal Bank Limited CAL 0.38 +0.01
CFAO Ghana Limited CFAO 0.03
Clydestone Ghana Ltd CLYD 0.07
Camelot Ghana Limited CMLT 0.16
Cocoa Processing Com Ltd CPC 0.03 +0.01
Ecobank Ghana Ltd EBG 3.01
Enterprise Insurance Co. Ltd EGL 0.50
Ecobank Transnational Inc. ETI 0.14
Fan Milk Limited FML 2.40 +0.01
Ghana Commercial Bank Ltd GCB 2.70
Guinness Ghana Breweries Ltd GGBL 1.56
Ghana Oil Company GOIL 0.28 -0.01
Golden Star Resources GSR 5.20
Golden Web Ltd GWEB 0.05
HFC Bank Ltd HFC 0.38 +0.03
Mechanical Lloyd Co. Ltd MLC 0.10
Pioneer Kitchenware Ltd PKL 0.07
Produce Buying Company PBC 0.15
PZ Cussons Ghana Ltd PZC 1.20
Standard Chart Bank Gh. Ltd SCB 45.19 +0.01
SIC Insurance Company Limited SIC 0.48 +0.01
Starwin Products Limited SPL 0.04
SG-SSB Limited SG-SSB 0.60
Sam Woode Limited SWL 0.02
Trust Bank Ltd (Gambia) TBL 1.33
TOTAL Petroleum Ghana Ltd TOTAL 10.94
Transaction Solutions Gh. Ltd TRANSOL 0.07
Unilever Ghana Ltd UNIL 5.67
UT Bank Limited UTB 0.27 -0.01
AngloGold Ashanti Depository Shares AADS 0.60
Standard Chartered Bank Preference Shares SCB PREF 0.52

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