Accra, Sept. 17, GNA - The GSE All-Share Index, the main market indicator, gained for the second straight session, rising 13.04 points to close 6,793.86 points from 6,780.82 points on Thursday.
The Change Year to date now stands at 21.92 per cent. As many as eight equities saw price appreciation while two declined. Golden Star Resources (GSR) gained GH¢0.18 to GH¢3.80, Enterprise
Insurance Company (EIC) was up GH¢0.05 to GH¢1.65, Ecobank Ghana
Limited (EBG) advanced GH¢0.03 to GH¢2.98 and Ghana Commercial
Bank (GCB) rose GH¢0.01 to GH¢1.86. Other gainers were Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) up GH¢0.02 to
GH¢43.22, PZ Cussons made a rare gain with GH¢0.01 to GH¢1.11,
Unilever Ghana Limited (UNIL) and UT Bank each rose GH¢0.01 to close
at GH¢5.01 and GH¢0.26 respectively. On the flip side, Ghana Oil Company Limited (GOIL) was down
GH¢0.01 at GH¢0.27 and SG-SSB Bank dipped GH¢0.01 at GH¢0.69. Traded volume were about thrice lower at 125,700 shares, valued at
145,033.00 Ghana Cedis compared to 372,685 shares valued at
GHc1,313,796.05 at Thursday's close. Market Capitalisation closed the session up at GH¢18,680.80 million
up from GHc18,625.12 million.