Business News of Tuesday, 3 January 2006

Source: GNA

Accra bourse begins year on quiet note

Accra, Jan. 3, GNA - The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) began the year on a quiet note with only one gainer and the main stock index barely inching up.

The GSE All-Share Index, the main stock gauge, gained 0.13 points to close trading at 4,769.15 points from last year's close of 4,769.02 points.

Change for the year began at 0.13 per cent. Change for the year ended last year at -28.85 per cent.

Total shares traded opened the year at 105,800 shares while market capitalisation opened the year at 91,857.61 billion cedis.

On the broader market, there was only one price change - a two-cedi gain by Guinness Ghana Breweries Limited at 7,742 cedis.

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

ABL 1,300 AGA 300,000 AADs 3,000 ALW 5,003 BAT 3,050 BOPP 5,500 CAL 2,000 CFAO 400 CLYD 1,000 CMLT 1,700 CPC 600 EIC 6,856 FML 15,800 GCB 6,740

GGBL 7,742 +2

GWEB 550 HFC 6,000 MLC 2,500 MOGL 8,000 PAF 800 PBC 3,000 PZ 6,500 SCB 130,000 SPL 580 SPPC 390 SG-SSB 7,200 SWL 290 TBL 27,000 UNIL 15,400