Ghana Stock rises on banking stocks

Accra, March 29, GNA -The Accra bourse rose on Monday buoyed by gains in four equities with the benchmark, GSE All-Share Index, going up 10.32 points at 5,892.11 points from 5,881.79 points.  The year to date change now stands at 5.74 percent.

Ghana Commercial Bank continues its upwards rise with a gain of GH¢0.01 at GH¢0.92, Standard Chartered Bank was up GH¢0.17 at GH¢32.25, Total Petroleum Ghana rose GH¢0.03 at GH¢7.13 and UT Financial Services (UTF) GH¢0.03 at GH¢0.25.  The laggard for the session was Produce Buying Company, which went down GH¢0.01 at GH¢0.09.  Traded volumes stood at 242,173 shares valued at GH¢248,306.45.
   Market Capitalisation closed the session up at GH¢17,710.50 million from GH¢17,702.64 million at the previous close.