Accra bourse falls on loss of three equities

Accra, Dec. 14, GNA - The Ghana Stock Exchange closed lower on Monday, pulled down by price losses in Ghana Commercial Bank (GCB), State Insurance Company (SIC) and Unilever Ghana Limited (UNIL).

As a result, the GSE-All Share Index, the benchmark measure of performance on the Accra bourse, fell by 7.18 points to close at 5,237.28 points down from 5,244.46 points.

Monday's drop brings the year-to-date loss to 49.79 per cent.

Traded volumes closed the session at 109,520 shares, with CFAO, leading with a sale of 60,000 shares.

On the broader market, there were three negative price changes. GCB lost GH¢0.01 at GH¢0.74, SIC was down by GH¢0.01 at GH¢0.29 and UNIL dropped by GH¢0.01 at GH¢3.40.

Market Capitalisation ended the session at GH¢15,522.03 million.

The following are the closing prices of equities in Ghana cedis:

Equities Share Code Closing Price in GH¢

Accra Brewery Ltd ABL 0.10

African Champion Industries Ltd ACI 0.10

Anglo Gold Ashanti AGA 30.00

Aluworks Limited ALW 0.44

Ayrton Drug Man. Ltd. AYRTN 0.13

Benso Oil Palm Plantation BOPP 0.45

Cal Bank Limited CAL 0.20

CFAO Ghana Limited CFAO 0.04

Clydestone Ghana Ltd CLYD 0.08

Camelot Ghana Limited CMLT 0.16

Cocoa Processing Com Ltd CPC 0.03

Ecobank Ghana Ltd EBG 2.90

Enterprise Insurance Co. Ltd EIC 2.20

Ecobank Transnational Inc. ETI 0.12

Fan Milk Limited FML 5.00

Ghana Commercial Bank Ltd GCB 0.74 -0.01

Guinness Ghana Breweries Ltd GGBL 1.35

Ghana Oil Company GOIL 0.16

Golden Star Resources GSR 3.10

Golden Web Ltd GWEB 0.05

HFC Bank Ltd HFC 0.62

Mechanical Lloyd Co. Ltd MLC 0.20

Pioneer Kitchenware Ltd PKL 0.07

Produce Buying Company PBC 0.19

PZ Cussons Ghana Ltd PZC 1.10

StandardChart Bank Gh. Ltd SCB 30.00

SIC Insurance Company Limited SIC 0.29 -0.01

Starwin Products Limited SPL 0.05

SG-SSB Limited SG-SSB 0.45

Sam Woode Limited SWL 0.03

Trust Bank Ltd (Gambia) TBL 1.33

TOTAL Petroleum Ghana Ltd TOTAL 6.80

Transaction Solutions Gh. Ltd TRANSOL 0.09

Unilever Ghana Ltd UNIL 3.40 -0.01

UT Financial Services UTF 0.20

AngloGold Ashanti Depository Shares AADS 0.30

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