The GSE Composite Index held onto gains in GCB Bank (+2.04%) to close 2.46 points (+0.11%) higher at 2,243.57 with a year-to-date return of -12.78% while market capitalization inched 0.04% up to settle at GH¢56.63 billion.

Accordingly, the GSE Financial Index was up 4.79 points (+0.24%) to close at 1,978.61 with a -8.13% year-to-date return.
The manufacturing index remained unchanged at 3,513.76 with a -24.49% year-to-date return.

Trading activity strengthened as 221,032 shares valued at GH¢500,089 changed hands compared to 108,604 shares valued at GH¢93,082 at the previous session. Ecobank Transnational dominated trades by volume accounting for 36.19% of total volume traded while GCB Bank dominated trades by value, accounting for 71.19% of the total value traded. We expect activity levels to increase at the next session.

Appointment of Substantive Group Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director GOIL Company Limited (GSE: GOIL) GOIL has announced that the Company’s Board at its 466th Emergency Board Meeting held on Friday, 29th November, 2019 unanimously passed a resolution to appoint Mr. Kwame Osei
Prempeh, the current Acting Group Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director as the substantive Group Chief Executive Officer and the Managing Director of GOIL Company Limited.