Accra bourse index makes gains

The GSE All-Share Index, the benchmark measure of performance of the Accra Bourse, made its first gain on Thursday to reverse some of its recent losses, going up 96.24 points to close at 6,530.15 points from 6,433.91 points.

Shares that changed hands jumped three-fold to 1.87 million shares valued at GH¢907,244.84 compared with 314,621 shares valued at GH¢492,332.77.

On the broader market, there were eight price changes - six positive and two negative.

Ghana Commercial Bank (GCB) rose GH¢0.19 at GH¢1.47, Ecobank Ghana Limited (EBG) was up GH¢0.05 at GH¢3.30 and Benso Oil Palm Plantation (BOPP) climbed GH¢0.01 at GH¢0.72.

Other gainers for the session were Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) up GH¢0.09 at GH¢42.65, State Insurance Company (SIC) was up GH¢0.02 at GH¢0.32 and HFC Bank Limited (HFC) gained GH¢0.01 at GH¢0.53.

Decliners were Ghana Oil Company Limited (GOIL) down GH¢0.01 at GH¢0.29 and Transaction Solutions Limited (TRANSOL) down GH¢0.01 at GH¢0.08.
Market Capitalization was up at GH¢18,192.74 million from GH¢18,118.63 million.

Source: GNA