The GSE All-Share Index jumped nearly two per cent on Wednesday, buoyed by gains in Ecobank Transnational Incorporated and two other financial stocks.
The benchmark index rallied to close at 109.36 points or two per cent to 5,704.54 from 5,595.18 points.
The rise brings the year to date gain to 2.37 per cent.
On the broader market, there were five price changes - three positive and two negative.
ETI gained GH¢0.01 at GH¢0.14; CAL Bank appreciated by GH¢0.02 at GH¢0.19 and Ghana Commercial Bank continued its impressive run with GH¢0.01 gain at GH¢0.85.
The laggards for the session were Produce Buying Company, which lost GH¢0.02 at GH¢0.15 and UT Financial Services, which shed GH¢0.01 at GH¢0.23.
Traded volumes rose more than two times at 827,658 shares from 305,185 shares at the previous close on Tuesday.
Market capitalisation closed the session higher at GH¢16,106.26 million compared to GH¢16,011.40 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 0.14
Benso Oil Palm Plantation BOPP 0.51
Cal Bank Limited CAL 0.19 +0.02
CFAO Ghana Limited CFAO 0.03
Clydestone Ghana Ltd CLYD 0.08
Camelot Ghana Limited CMLT 0.16
Cocoa Processing Com Ltd CPC 0.03
Ecobank Ghana Ltd EBG 3.30
Enterprise Insurance Co. Ltd EIC 2.10
Ecobank Transnational Inc. ETI 0.14 +0.01
Fan Milk Limited FML 6.80
Ghana Commercial Bank Ltd GCB 0.85 +0.01
Guinness Ghana Breweries Ltd GGBL 1.35
Ghana Oil Company GOIL 0.21
Golden Star Resources GSR 3.00
Golden Web Ltd GWEB 0.05
HFC Bank Ltd HFC 0.62
Mechanical Lloyd Co. Ltd MLC 0.18
Pioneer Kitchenware Ltd PKL 0.07
Produce Buying Company PBC 0.15 -0.02
PZ Cussons Ghana Ltd PZC 1.10
StandardChart Bank Gh. Ltd SCB 31.05
SIC Insurance Company Limited SIC 0.30
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 7.00
Transaction Solutions Gh. Ltd TRANSOL 0.09
Unilever Ghana Ltd UNIL 3.39
UT Financial Services UTF 0.23 -0.01
AngloGold Ashanti Depository Shares AADS 0.30