The Ghana Stock Exchange All-Share Index, the main gauge, maintained its momentum on Monday gaining 6.03 points in active trading.

The Index ended trading at 1,693.47 points from 1,687.44 points while change for the year also rose to 21.37 per cent.

There were five price changes, all positive, on a day when total traded shares went up to 305,700 from 206,700 shares.

Aluworks led the way with a 300 cedis gain at 4,300 cedis followed by SSB Bank, which rose by 20 cedis at 6,620 cedis.

The Trust Bank of Gambia gained 10 cedis at 5,010 cedis, Unilever was six cedis richer at 6,006 cedis an Ghana Breweries Limited inched up by one cedi at 527 cedis.

Market capitalisation ended higher at 7,614.85 billion cedis fom 7,600.22 billion cedis.