14-day winning streak halted on GSE as 2 becomes greater than 5

Upward price movement in five stocks failed to hold off losses in two stocks as the stock market's 14-day winning streak was halted. The GSE Composite Index was down 30.85 points to 1,794.74 from a record high of 1,825.59. The year-to-date return on the bourse fell to 6.26%. The GSE-Financial Stock Index slipped 40.79 points to close at 1,684.33.
 
Trade volume and value increased by 24.37% and 23.77%, compared with the previous session. The volume traded was 0.14million, and the corresponding value, GHS0.14 million. UTB recorded the highest volume of trade, with 42.10% of the today's volume whiles TOTAL trades accounted for 38.34% of the total value traded.
 
There were five gainers, BOPP, GCB, SOGEGH, TOTAL and UNIL, and two losers, GOIL and SCB. - CBL

GSE-Composite Index lost points, following losses on ALW

The GSE-Composite Index lost 0.32 points, following losses on ALW, to close at 1,814.28 points. The year-to-date yield is -9.07%.

On the other hand, GSE financial stock index saw gains, as price appreciation in EGH drove the index to 1,726.07 points, up 0.74 points from the previous session.

The volume traded today was 0.09 million shares, a 37.74% decrease from yesterday's volume of 0.14 million. The corresponding value traded was GHS0.38 million. GCB was the dominant equity, accounting for more than 80% of both the volume and value traded in today's session.

EGH gained marginally from GHS6.87 to GHS6.88. On the other hand, ALW lost GHS0.02 to close at GHS0.12

Ghana Stock Exchange recorded a 3rd straight win as new year-highs ended mid-week trading

Let us see what happened on the Ghanaian stock market so far in this week. Having gone three successive sessions without a positive return, the Ghana Stock Exchange-Composite Index picked up 7.74 points, to close trading at 1,042.37 points. The change brought the year-to-date return to 7.74% as at Monday. Gains in Ecobank Transnational Inc,(ETI) and UT Bank (UTB) ended a five-day losing streak as the GSE-Financial Index climbed 10.76 points clear of Friday's closing at 872.12 points.
A total of 0.20 million shares

Week in Focus: How stocks performed on the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE)

New week, new gains, new losses, the GSE did not show any clear direction. On Monday the Ghana Stock Exchange gained some ground as gains in CAL Bank and Mechanical Lloyd Company (MLC) offset losses in two other equities. The GSE-Composite Index closed at 1,036.48 points, from 1,035.97 points and the GSE-Financial Stock Index closed at 872.44 points, up 0.64 points from 871.80 points. A total of 0.35 million shares traded, a 51.39% decline from the 0.72 million shares traded at the previous session. The corresponding trade value was GHS0.10 million, 43.76% less than the previous session.

Mechanical Lloyd Company dominates trading for the 2nd successive session on the Ghana Stock Exchange

New Week, New Year high on the Ghana Stock Exchange as performance benchmarks on the local bourse gained some ground. CAL Bank and Mechanical Lloyd Company (MLC) offset losses in two other equities. 

The GSE-Composite Index closed the session at 1,036.48 points, from 1,035.97 points in the previous session. The GSE-Financial Stock Index closed at 872.44 points, up 0.64 points from 871.80 points. The corresponding year-to-date change is 6.96% as at the close of the market.

AngloGold Ashanti Depository shares and Fan Milk closed at year-highs as Gold Fund ETF increased on GSE.

CBL - The stock market returned 0.29% today, as gains in three equities pushed the GSE-Composite Index up 2.93 points, to close at 1,028.83 points. The year-to-date return went beyond the 6% mark at 6.17%. The financial stock index also gained some ground; up 0.43 points to close at 861.80 points.
The trade value increased by more than twenty-fold, and the volume, by

Mechanical Lloyd, MLC, the BMW distributor dominated trade volume by 79.61% on GSE

CBL . - Losses in two equities forced the GSE-Composite Index 7.16 points lower, closing at 1,025.18 points, from 1,032.34 points. The year-to-date return on financial stocks fell to -0.17%, as the the GSE-Financial Stock Index shed 9.11 points to close trading at 861.66 points.
The trade volume and corresponding trade value declined by

Ghana Stock Exchange begins week with five gainers as trade volume hits record high for the year

This week has begun on the Ghana Stock Exchange with smiles on the faces of some investors as equities from different sectors of the economy gained some cedis. There were five gainers namely AngloGold Ashanti, AGA (Mining), Enterprise Group Ltd, EGL (Insurance), Ecobank Transnational Inc. ETI, (Banking), Ghana Oil, GOIL (Oil) and

GOIL and Fan Milk closed at year-highs as ETI dominated trading on the Ghana Stock Exchange.

The week started on the Ghana Stock Exchange on a very good note for some stocks, as gains in five equities  helped the GSE-Composite Index to its sixth successive win, up 1.28 points from 1,036.23 points, to close at 1,037.51 points. The year-to-date return went beyond 7% at 7.07%. A 3.03% rise in SIC's stock price pushed the GSE-Financial Stock Index 0.51 points clear of its previous closing of 874.28 points to 874.79 points.

Guinness Ghana Brewery Ltd. (GGBL) dominated trading with 43.05% of the trade volume to close the week on GSE

Trading began on Tuesday this week because of the holiday. The stock market's five-day winning streak for last week was halted as losses in two equities forced the GSE-Composite Index 7.08 points lower at 1,038.40 points. The GSE-Financial Stock Index recorded a 1.01% decline

Ecobank Ghana (EBG) held lion's share of trade value - Market records worst performance

CBL:- The Stock Market recorded its worst day-on-day performance today, as the major indices (GSE Composite Index & GSE Financial Stock Index) fell, following losses in three equities. The GSE-Composite Index returned -0.96% as it fell 10.04 points from 1,040.70 points to 1,030.66 points. The GSE-Financial Stock Index closed at 883.00 points, from 893.32 points.

CAL BANK was dominant in terms of volume traded, accounting for

Ecobank Transnational Inc.(ETI) ensured the Stock Market maintained it's good performance in the week.

The week on the Ghana Stock Exchange commenced on a good note. On Monday, (25th June), marginal gains in two equities helped the market benchmark up 0.16 points, to close at 1,032.99 points, bringing the year-to-date change to 6.60%. The GSE-Financial Stock Index remained unchanged at 890.25 points, as financial stocks stayed flat. GOIL dominated trading. 

On Tuesday, (26th June), price appreciation in three equities pushed the GSE-Composite Index up 0.27 points, despite to losses in four, to close at

Ghana Stock Exchange: Market Update (20.06.12) - CAL Bank led the market.

Today on the exchange, losses in two equities were cancelled out by upward price movement in four equities, ensuring that the stock market closed with a positive return of 0.17%. The major indices responded kindly. The GSE-Composite Index

Ghana Stock Exchange: Market Update [ 31.05.12 ]

CAL Brokers (CBL): 

Further decline in the major indices on the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE), means performance in the month of May has been the worst this year, with 13 losses in 21 sessions.  The GSE-Composite Index returned -0.05%, following losses in two equities, to close trading at 1,022.95 points, down 0.54 points. The change represents a year-to-date return of 5.56%.

The Financial Stock benchmark closed 0.67 points lower at

Tues. 22.05.12: Ghana Stock Exchange: Market Update

Courtesy: CAL Brokers.

In today’s trading, the GSE-Composite Index rose 1.36 points to close at 1,039.28 points. This change brings the year-to-date return to 7.25%. The Financial Stock Index also gained 0.66 points closing at 898.65 points from 897.99 points in the previous session.

Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE): Market Update: 08.05.12

In today's trading on the Ghana Stock Exchange, the GSE Composite Index went up by 7.13 point to close at 1,059.64 points. A gain in the share price of Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI) held off the losses in two other equities to push the Index.
Since ETI is a financial stock, the GSE Financial Stock Index also closed at 921.40 points from a previous of 910.92 points. This Index is still trading below the base index of 1000 points. As reported by CAL Brokers (CBL), the overall market return climbed to 9.35%.
The volume of shares traded increased by 57.81% amounting to a 12.93% increase in value, compared to the previous session. About 0.28 million shares valued at GHS 0.11 million were traded.
Out of the total volume traded, GOIL out-performed all other equities by trading 83.45 % of volume and this is about 77.09% of the traded value.
ETI was the only gainer and although it closed at GHS 0.14 from GHS 0.13 (1 pesewa gained), it had the capacity to move the market index up by some points despite the loses recorded by Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) [ -0.1%] and TOTAL [-0.15%] to close at GHS 51.30 and GHS 26.14 respectively.

Courtesy: Ghana Stock Exchange & CAL Brokers Ltd (CBL)