Ecobank Transnational Gains To Push The Accra Bourse Index Up

The GSE-Composite Index (GSE-CI), the benchmark measure of performance of the Ghana Stock Exchange, jumped 7.46 points to 1,035.68 points to end two days of losses up from 1,028.22 points on Wednesday bringing the year-to-date return to6.88 per cent. The GSE-Financial Stocks Index (GSE-FSI), which tracks the performance of listed financial stocks, also rose by 10.19 points to 899.71 points from 889.52 points with a year-to-date change of 4.24 per cent. There were three price changes- two up and a loser. Ecobank Transnational Incorporated gained GH�0.01 to GH�0.11 and Ghana Oil Company Limited rose GH�0.01 to GH�0.34. The loser was State Insurance Company down GH�0.01 to GH�0.38. Market Capitalization closed the session higher at GH�50,944.23 million from GH�50,820.05 million at the previous close on Wednesday. A total of 291,252 shares, valued at 151,988.66 cedis compared to 257,440 shares worth 295,748.96 that changed hands on Wednesday. MORE Economics Stock Exchange 2 Accra The following are the closing prices of equities in Ghana Cedis: Company Share Code Closing Prices Change African Champion Industries Ltd ACI 0.08 Anglo Gold Ashanti AGA 34.00 Aluworks Limited ALW 0.11 Ayrton Drug Man. Ltd. AYRTN 0.17 Benso Oil Palm Plantation BOPP 1.70 Cal Bank Limited CAL 0.25 Clydestone Ghana Ltd CLYD 0.04 Camelot Ghana Limited CMLT 0.11 Cocoa Processing Com Ltd CPC 0.02 Ecobank Ghana Ltd EBG 3.15 Enterprise Insurance Co. Ltd EGL 0.38 Ecobank Transnational Inc. ETI 0.11 +0.01 Fan Milk Limited FML 2.23 Ghana Commercial Bank Ltd GCB 1.83 Guinness Ghana Breweries Ltd GGBL 1.60 Ghana Oil Company GOIL 0.34 +0.01 Golden Star Resources GSR 2.75 Golden Web Ltd GWEB 0.04 HFC Bank Ltd HFC 0.45 Mechanical Lloyd Co. Ltd MLC 0.10 Pioneer Kitchenware Ltd PKL 0.06 Produce Buying Company PBC 0.24 PZ Cussons Ghana Ltd PZC 0.24 Standard Chart Bank Gh. Ltd SCB 52.21 SIC Insurance Company Limited SIC 0.38 -0.01 Starwin Products Limited SPL 0.04 SG-SSB Limited SG-SSB 0.45 Sam Woode Limited SWL 0.02 Trust Bank Ltd (Gambia) TBL 0.40 TOTAL Petroleum Ghana Ltd TOTAL 26.10 Transaction Solutions Gh. Ltd TRANSOL 0.05 Tullow Oil Plc TLW 34.50 Unilever Ghana Ltd UNIL 8.10 UT Bank Limited UTB 0.30 AngloGold Ashanti Depository Shares AADS 0.52 Standard Chartered Bank Preference Shares SCB PREF 0.52