Big jumps in the share prices of Unilever (UNIL) and SSB Bank on Monday pushed up the GSE-All Share Index in trading that saw a block purchase of more than two million SSB Bank shares.

The index rose by 11.95 points to 1,643.71 points in trading that saw 2,127,500 shares changing hands, up from 126,000 on Friday.

SSB Bank sold 2,123,500 shares with four other equities making up the rest.

The change in the year to date ended the day at 17.80 per cent. In the broader market, there were four price changes, all positive. UNIL gained 399 cedis at 5,600 shares, SSB Bank was 51 cedis richer at 6,056 cedis, Ghana Commercial Bank rose by two cedis at 5,112 cedis and Home Finance Company gained one cedi at 1,221 cedis.

Market capitalisation closed up at 7,494.16 billion cedis from 7,465,18 billion cedis.