Accra, March 1, GNA - The GSE All-Share Index, the benchmark index of the Accra bourse, jumped up on Thursday, buoyed by gains by Ecobank Ghana and Transol.

The index went up by 10.36 points at 5,055.25 points from 5,044.89 points.

Shares that changed hands were also up at 45,100 from Wednesday's 8,900 with change for the year now standing at 0.98 per cent. Market capitalization closed at 112,791.49 billion cedis from at 112,729.50 billion cedis.

There were seven price changes, all positive. Aluworks Limited gained three cedis at 7,456 cedis, Enterprise Insurance Company (EIC) was one cedi better at 8,866 cedis, ECOBANK Ghana jumped 366 cedis at 14,000 cedis and SG-SSB Bank went up by one cedi at 6,116 cedis.

Patterson Zochonis gained for cedis at 7,105 cedis, Transol gained was 20 cedis better at 1,200 and Anglogold Ashanti Depository Shares also closed 10 cedis better at 3,310 cedis.

The following are the prices of equities in cedis:

ABL 1,150 AGA 300,000

ALW 7,456 +3

AYRTN 976 BAT 3,300 BOPP 5,500 CAL 2,119 CFAO 350 CLYD 800 CMLT 1,700 CPC 538

EBG 14,000 +366

EIC 8,866 +1

ETI 11,350 FML 19,000 GCB 6,120 GGBL 9,301 GWEB 550 HFC 5,400 MLC 2,100 PKL 800 PBC 2,600

PZ 7,105 +4

SCB 166,010 SPL 550 SPPC 225

SG-SSB 6,016 +1 SWL 265 TBL 13,250 TOTAL 54,222 TRANSOL 1,200 +20 UNIL 15,000 AADS 3,310 +10 1 March 07