Accra bourse loses 253.31 points

The main index of the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE), the All-Share Index, opened the week down on Monday, losing 253.31 points to close at 5,652.91 points. Change for the year closed the session at -45.81 per cent. Traded volumes opened at 425,273 shares, mainly on the strength of a block trade in Ghana Commercial Bank shares. GCB alone sold 370,500 shares. Market capitalisation at the close of session now stands at GH�15,449.48 million. On the broader market, there were four price changes - three negative and one positive. State Insurance Company (SIC) lost GH�0.01 at GH�0.30, Ecobank Ghana (EBG) went down by GH�0.04 at GH�2.90 and Ecobank Transnational Incorporated closed down at GH�0.02 at GH�0.15. The only gainer was Fan Milk Limited (FML), which appreciated by GH�0.01 at GH�4.58. Stock Exchange 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 0.15 Benso Oil Palm Plantation BOPP 0.50 Cal Bank Limited CAL 0.23 CFAO Ghana Limited CFAO 0.04 Clydestone Ghana Ltd CLYD 0.08 Camelot Ghana Limited CMLT 0.16 Cocoa Processing Com Ltd CPC 0.04 Ecobank Ghana Ltd EBG 2.90 -0.04 Enterprise Insurance Co. Ltd EIC 2.29 Ecobank Transnational Inc. ETI 0.15 -0.01 Fan Milk Limited FML 4.58 +0.01 Ghana Commercial Bank Ltd GCB 0.90 Guinness Ghana Breweries Ltd GGBL 1.32 Ghana Oil Company GOIL 0.19 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 0.20 PZ Cussons Ghana Ltd PZC 1.10 StandardChart Bank Gh. Ltd SCB 29.25 SIC Insurance Company Limited SIC 0.30 -0.01 Starwin Products Limited SPL 0.05 SG-SSB Limited SG-SSB 0.40 Sam Woode Limited SWL 0.03 Trust Bank Ltd (Gambia) TBL 1.33 TOTAL Petroleum Ghana Ltd TOTAL 7.00 Transaction Solutions Gh. Ltd TRANSOL 0.10 Unilever Ghana Ltd UNIL 3.42 UT Financial Services UTF 0.18 AngloGold Ashanti Depository Shares AADS 0.31