Articles from the ‘Stock Market’ category
Posted by Contributor on November 6, 2010 at 10:26 am in Business, Stock Market
GNA – The GSE All-Share Index, the benchmark measure of performance of the Ghana Stock Exchange, rose by 6.93 points during Friday’s trading session to 6,914.81 points. The change for the year to date is 24.09 per cent. Gainers for the session were Enterprise Insurance Company Limited (EIC), which was up GH¢0.05 to close at [...]
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Posted by Contributor on October 27, 2010 at 10:18 am in Business, Stock Market
GNA – The GSE All-Share Index, the benchmark measure of performance of the Ghana Stock Exchange, slipped by 2.71 points to close Tuesday’s session at 6,756.37 points from Monday’s close of 6,759.08 points. This brings the gain made so far this year to 21.25 per cent. There were four price changes two up and two [...]
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Posted by Contributor on October 15, 2010 at 1:29 pm in Business, Stock Market
After suffering the worst quarter in eight years, mature-market equities had their best quarter in more than 23 years. This can be ascribed to the debt crisis in the European Union appearing less troublesome than initially feared and concerns of an imminent implosion of China’s real estate market being allayed, says Dr Prieur du Plessis, [...]
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Posted by Contributor on October 14, 2010 at 10:59 am in Business, Stock Market
The GSE All-Share Index, the benchmark measure of performance of the Ghana Stock Exchange, on Wednesday dipped 9.17 points to 6,862.74 points, down 6,871.91 points. The year to date gain now stands at 23.16 per cent. There were four price changes – three laggards and a gainer. Ghana Commercial Bank (GCB) fell GH¢0.01 to GH¢1.90 [...]
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Posted by Contributor on October 12, 2010 at 9:37 am in Business, Stock Market
Reuters Shares in Ghana Commercial Bank rise nearly 2 percent as investors bet on good quarterly earnings, helping lift the Ghana all-share index < .GSEGH> into positive territory after two consecutive losses. GCB gains 1.6 percent or 0.03 cedis to 1.90 cedis on 55,974 shares traded, pulling the index up 141.68 points or 2.12 percent [...]
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Posted by Contributor on September 28, 2010 at 11:31 am in Business, Stock Market
– The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) All-Share Index, the main market indicator, dropped 16.91 points to close at 6,651.81 points, up from 6,668.72 points during Monday’s trading on the Accra bourse. The Change Year to Date now stands at 19.37 per cent. Traded volume closed the session at 131,646 shares valued at GH¢115,852.00, while shares [...]
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Posted by Contributor on September 21, 2010 at 11:46 am in Business, Other Top Stories, Stock Market
The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) has been adjudged the “Most Innovative African Stock Exchange for 2010”. This was at the Africa investor (Ai) Index Series Awards held at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) last Friday, according to a statement issued by the GSE in Accra on Monday. The statement said: “The Africa investor Index [...]
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Posted by Contributor on September 20, 2010 at 11:14 am in Business, Stock Market
The latest World Economic Forum (WEF) Competiveness report ranks South Africa first out of 139 countries for its regulation of securities exchanges. South Africa moved up from 2nd place, overtaking Sweden for the top position. “We are very pleased with this achievement, which acknowledges the JSE’s record in terms of regulation and surveillance,” said Russell [...]
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