Accra, Aug. 22, GNA - The GSE-Composite Index (GSE-CI), the benchmark measure of performance of the Ghana Stock Exchange, fell 7.84 points to close at 1,177.24 points from 1,185.08 points. The bourse has thus returned a year-to-date gain of 17.72 per cent. The GSE-Financial Stocks Index (GSE-FSI), which tracks the performance of listed financial stocks, also dipped 11.41 points to 1,122.23 points from 1,133.64 points with corresponding year-to-date change of 12.22 per cent.

There were four price changes=96 a gainer and three losers. Standard Chartered Bank shed GH¢0.01 to GH¢6.00, Ecobank Ghana down GH¢0.01 to GH¢3.50, and Ecobank Transnational Incorporated fell GH¢0.01 to GH¢0.14.

The sole gainer was Ghana Oil Company which went up GH¢0.01 to GH¢= 0.32.

Market Capitalisation closes the session at GH¢48,399.46 million ced= is. Total volumes traded were 351,222 shares, valued at GH¢79,801.

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 0.14 Ayrton Drug Man. Ltd AYRTN 0.15 Benso Oil Palm Plantation BOPP 0.81 CAL Bank Limited CAL 0.26 =09 Clydestone Ghana Ltd CLYD 0.06 Camelot Ghana Limited CMLT 0.11 Cocoa Processing Co. Ltd CPC 0.03

Ecobank Ghana Ltd EBG 3.50 -0.01

Enterprise Group Ltd EGL 0.56

Ecobank Transnational Inc. ETI 0.14 -0.01

Fan Milk Limited FML 2.99 -0.01

Ghana Commercial Bank Ltd GCB 2.98 =09 Guinness Ghana Breweries Ltd GGBL 1.57

Ghana Oil Company GOIL 0.32 +0.01

Golden Star Resources GSR 2.99 Golden Web Ltd GWEB 0.04 HFC Bank Ltd HFC 0.36 =09 Mechanical Lloyd Co. Ltd MLC 0.11 Pioneer Kitchenware Ltd PKL 0.07 Produce Buying Company PBC 0.28 PZ Cussons Ghana Ltd PZC 1.39 Standard Chart Bank Gh. Ltd SCB 60.00 State Insurance Company Limited SIC 0.54 Starwin Products Limited SPL 0.04 =09 SG-SSB Limited SG-SSB 0.48 Sam Woode Limited SWL 0.02 Trust Bank Ltd (Gambia) TBL 1.33 TOTAL Petroleum Ghana Ltd TOTAL 22.41 =09 Transaction Solutions Gh. Ltd TRANSOL 0.06 Tullow Oil Plc TLW 31.05 Unilever Ghana Ltd UNIL 7.52 =09 UT Bank Limited UTB 0.38 =09 AngloGold Ash. Depository Shares AADS 0.50 StanChart Bank Preference Shares SCB PREF 0.52