Losses by five financial and one manufacturing equities sent the GSE All-Share Index, the main market indicator, tumbling by 83.21 points to 6,445.07 points from 6,528.28 points during Thursday trading on the Accra Bourse.
The change year to date was 15.66 points down from 17.16 points during the previous trading.
Total shares traded was 326,355 valued at GH�315,457.59. Ghana Commercial Bank (GCB) led the pack with trading in 180,800 shares valued at
GH�275,828.00. It was followed by Cocoa Processing Company Limited (CPC) with 47,900 shares valued at GH�958.00 and SIC Insurance Company with 40,600 shares valued at GH�13,526.00 traded. Shares of 14 other equities were also traded.
On the broader market, Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) the most valuable equity on the Bourse lost GH�2.35 to close trading at GH�40.55; it was followed by Enterprise Insurance Company Limited (EIC) with a loss of GH�0.07 to close at GH�1.60 and GCB with a loss of GH�0.04 to close at GH�1.52.
The other losers were SG-SSB with a loss of GH�0.02 to close at GH�0.54; HFC Bank Ghana Limited also lost GH�0.02 to close at GH�0.57 and Aryton Drug Manufacturing Limited with a loss of GH�0.01 to close trading at GH�0.16.
The silver linings of the dark cloud were Unilever Ghana Limited (UNIL) with a gain of GH�0.05 to close trading at GH�3.65; SIC Insurance Company Limited (SIC) gained GH�0.01 to close at GH�0.34 while Benso Oil Palm
Plantation (BOPP) also appreciated by GH�0.01 to close trading at GH�0.75.There are 17.48 million issued shares and Market Capitalization of
GH�18,127.22 million.
The following are the closing prices of equities in Ghana Cedis:
Equities Share Code Closing Price in GH�
Accra Brewery Ltd ABL 0.09
African Champion Industries Ltd ACI 0.09
Anglo Gold Ashanti AGA 34.00
Aluworks Limited ALW 0.34
Ayrton Drug Man. Ltd. AYRTN 0.16 -0.01
Benso Oil Palm Plantation BOPP 0.75 +0.01
Cal Bank Limited CAL 0.28
CFAO Ghana Limited CFAO 0.03
Clydestone Ghana Ltd CLYD 0.07
Camelot Ghana Limited CMLT 0.16
Cocoa Processing Com Ltd CPC 0.02
Ecobank Ghana Ltd EBG 3.30
Enterprise Insurance Co. Ltd EIC 1.60 -0.07
Ecobank Transnational Inc. ETI 0.15
Fan Milk Limited FML 7.76
Ghana Commercial Bank Ltd GCB 1.52 -0.04
Guinness Ghana Breweries Ltd GGBL 1.56
Ghana Oil Company GOIL 0.24
Golden Star Resources GSR 2.70
Golden Web Ltd GWEB 0.05
HFC Bank Ltd HFC 0.57 -0.02
Mechanical Lloyd Co. Ltd MLC 0.17
Pioneer Kitchenware Ltd PKL 0.07
Produce Buying Company PBC 0.13
PZ Cussons Ghana Ltd PZC 1.10
Standard Chart Bank Gh. Ltd SCB 40.55 -2.35
SIC Insurance Company Limited SIC 0.34 +0.01
Starwin Products Limited SPL 0.05
SG-SSB Limited SG-SSB 0.54 -0.02
Sam Woode Limited SWL 0.02
Trust Bank Ltd (Gambia) TBL 1.33
TOTAL Petroleum Ghana Ltd TOTAL 7.38
Transaction Solutions Gh. Ltd TRANSOL 0.07
Unilever Ghana Ltd UNIL 3.65 +0.05
UT Bank Limited UTB 0.29
AngloGold Ashanti Depository Shares AADS 0.37
SCB Preference Shares 0.52