Business News of Friday, 17 March 2006

Source: GNA

Market ends week active

Accra, March 17, GNA - Market activities on the Accra bourse ended the week on a positive note as the All-Share Index closed trading on Friday gaining 10.15 points to reach 4,759.15 points on the back of heavy gains in Cal Bank Limited (CAL) and Aluworks Ghana Limited (ALW). The Index closed on Thursday at 4,749.00 points. Volume of shares traded was higher at 305,200 compared to 113,000 shares traded at the previous session.

Market capitalisation went up to 91,922.23 billion cedis from 91,895.37 billion cedis with the change in the year to date fixing at -0.21 per cent. On the broader market, there were two price changes - all positive. ALW gained 90 cedis at 8,100 cedis while CAL Bank earned 149 cedis to close at 1,851 cedis.

The following are the last prices of the listed equities in cedis:

ABL 1,150

AGA 300,000

ALW 8,100 +90

BAT 3,049

BOPP 5,500

CAL 1,851 +149

CFAO 399

CLYD 1,000

CMLT 1,700

CPC 600

EIC 6,866

FML 15,800

GCB 6,150

GGBL 8,565

GWEB 550

HFC 6,000

MLC 2,500

MOGL 54,000

PAF 800

PBC 2,800

PZ 6,501

SCB 130,000

SPL 570

SPPC 390

SG-SSB 7,000

SWL 290

TBL 27,000

UNIL 15,400