Half Year Performance of Benso Oil Palm Plantation (BOPP)

The first half financial results for 2012 are coming in from the various companies listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange. Let's look at them one by one, starting from Benso Oil Palm Plantation.

An unaudited financial result released by Benso Oil Palm Plantation (BOPP) dated 30^th June 2012 reveals that, the company’s profit before tax was up 122% against same period last year.

BOPP is currently priced at GHC 1.57 on the Ghana Stock Exchange and has recorded some impressive figures.

Overview of the First Half of 2012 on the Ghana Stock Exchange: Half Year Review.

With a market capitalization of about GHS 55,015.14 million ( USD 31,612.04 million ), the Ghana Stock Exchange closed the first half of the year on a good note and has began the second half with great prospects.

The market’s major index which includes all listed stocks, The GSE Composite Index (GSE CI) opened the year below the base index (1000) with 969.03 points. As at the last trading session in the first half, the GSE CI recorded 1045.48 point with a percentage change of 7.89% as compared to 18.89% gain in the same period last year.