The GSE All-Share Index, the benchmark measure, jumped 130.64 points at 5,838.65 points from 5,708.01 points, buoyed by gains in financial stocks.
The rise brings the year to date gain to 4.78 per cent.
On the broader market, there were four positive price changes.
Ecobank (EBG) gained GH¢0.02 at GH¢3.32, Ecobank Transnational Incorporated was up GH¢0.01 at GH¢0.15, Ghana Commercial Bank went up
GH¢0.02 at GH¢0.87 and Fan Milk Limited was up GH¢0.10 at GH¢6.90.
Traded volumes rose marginally at 146,934 shares from a low of 83,335 shares.
Market capitalisation closed the session higher at GH¢16,221.12 million from GH¢16,108.90 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
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 3.34 +0.02
Enterprise Insurance Co. Ltd EIC 2.10
Ecobank Transnational Inc. ETI 0.15 -0.01
Fan Milk Limited FML 6.90 +0.10
Ghana Commercial Bank Ltd GCB 0.87 +0.02 Guinness
Ghana Breweries Ltd GGBL 1.35
Ghana Oil Company GOIL 0.20
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
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 7.01
Transaction Solutions Gh. Ltd TRANSOL 0.09
Unilever Ghana Ltd UNIL 3.39
UT Financial Services UTF 0.23
AngloGold Ashanti Depository Shares AADS 0.30