At the end of September, the African country’s stock market was up 68 percent but it has put on additional 8 percentage points by the first trading day in November.
In the week to November 1st, ten stocks gained versus only two to fall as the Ghana Stock Exchange index climbed to 2,120.18 points up from 2,094.70 at the end of the prior week.
The main movers for the week are, Ayrton Drugs Manufacturing which gained 6 percent in the week and closed at GH¢0.18. Ecobank Ghana closed up 8 percent at GH¢5.50, Mechanical Lloyd gained 3 percent for the week and closed at GH¢0.36, SIC Insurance was up 3 percent to GH¢0.39, UT Bank gained 2 percent to end at GH¢0.45.
The market is still showing signs that it will be going higher, with a number of stocks having bids higher than the last sale price and in some cases no stock on offer, and a number with bids placed at the last sale price with no supply around the last selling price.
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