Accra, Feb. 23, GNA - Financial stocks continued their buoyancy to push up the Ghana Stock Exchange All Share Index, the main market indicator, by 72.01 points to 4,384.86 on Monday from Friday's figure of 4,312.85.
The change in the year to date is 23.40 per cent. Total shares traded were 336,200 with British American Tobacco (BAT) selling 133,900 shares followed by Aluworks with 75,000 shares; Fan Milk Limited and Guinness Ghana Limited sold 100 shares each, the least.
On the broader market, there were 10 price changes, all positive. Enterprise Insurance Company (EIC) led the pack with a gain of 950 cedis to close trading at 13,450 cedis; Home Finance Company (HFC) soared by 600 cedis to close at 6,400 cedis, while Ghana Commercial Bank went up by 300 cedis to close trading at 10,500 cedis.
Other gainers were: SSB Bank with 275 cedis at 21,300 cedis; Unilever had 200 cedis at 15,800 cedis; Trust Bank of Gambia had 100 cedis at 12,200 cedis and Fan Milk Limited with 50 cedis at 4,250 cedis. The rest were: Cocoa Products Company (CPC) with 28 cedis gain to close trading at 800 cedis; Produce Buying Company with 15 cedis at 2,820 cedis with Guinness Ghana Limited gaining one cedi at 7,006 cedis. Total issued shares were 3,077.05 million shares with Market Capitalization at 14,716.72 billion cedis.
The following are the last prices of listed equities in cedis:
ABL 552 AGC 28,650 ALW 3,500 BAT 6,200 CFAO 82 CMLT 665
CPC 800 + 28
EIC 13450 +950
FML 4,250 + 50
GBL 1,425
GCB 10,500 +300
GGL 7,006 + 1
HFC 6,400 +600
MGL 275 MLC 829 MOGL 35,100 PAF 740
PBC 2,820 + 15
PZ 3,000 SCB 67,100 SPPC 390
SSB 21,300 +275
SWL 290 TBL 12,200 +100
UNIL 15,800 +200