Accra, Aug. 22, GNA - The main index of the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) went up 11.61 per cent on the back of a 2,000-cedi gain by Standard Chartered Bank (SCB).

The Index rallied to close at 4,891.22 points compared to 4,879.61 points registered at the previous session on Monday. Change for the year ended at 2.56 per cent.

Shares traded fell from 177,100 shares to close at 31,400 shares. There were four price changes, all gains.

Standard Chartered Bank gained 2,000 cedis at 139,000 cedis, Fan Milk Limited was up two cedis at 16,014 cedis, ECOBANK Ghana made one cedi at 11,801 cedis and Aluworks one cedi at 6,805 cedis. Market Capitalisation was up at 97,456.39 billion cedis from 97,420.96 billion cedis.

The following are the last prices of the listed equities in cedis:

ABL 1,150 AGA 300,000 ALW 6,805 +1 AYTTN 880 BAT 3,160 BOPP 5,500 CAL 1,900 CFAO 399 CLYD 1,000 CMLT 1,700 CPC 597

EBG 11,801 +1

EIC 8,315

FML 16,014 +2

GCB 6,309 GGBL 9,240 GWEB 550 HFC 5,400 MLC 2,500 MOGL 54,000 PAF 800 PBC 2,800 PZ 6,610

SCB 139,000 +2,000

SPL 550 SPPC 390 SG-SSB 6,748 SWL 265 TBL 27,000 UNIL 15,100