Accra bourse gains 2.66 per cent on opening day

The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) opened the week on a strong note on Monday with the main market indicator, the GSE All-Share index, appreciating by 278.23 points on the back of good performances of two financial stocks. The index closed up by 278.23 points at 5,900.41 points from Friday�s figure of 5,622.18 points. Change for the year to date was better by 2.66 per cent at -43.44 per cent from -46.10 per cent on Friday. Traded volumes opened the week at 206,600 shares from Friday�s close of 1,237,700. Market capitalization appreciated to GH�15,627.55 million from GH�15,424.96.69 million. There were four price changes � three up and one down. Ecobank Ghana continued its surge with GH�0.08 to close GH�3.01; Ecobank Transnational was also better by GH�0.02 at GH�0.17; and SG-SSB gained GH�0.06 at GH�0.46. Ghana Commercial Bank, however, lost GH�0.02 at GH�0.80