Business News of Wednesday, 21 December 2005

Source: GNA

Accra bourse dips in dull market

Accra, Dec. 21, GNA - The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) fell by 19.46 points to close at 4,751.17 points as against 4,770.63 points at the previous close.

Change for the year stood at negative 30.12 per cent. Guinness Ghana Breweries Limited made one cedi gain at 7,736 cedis. Accra Brewery Limited lost 99 cedis at 1,300 cedis while Trust Bank Limited shed 900 cedis at 27,000.

Total shares that changed hands dipped heavily at 25,200 shares. Market capitalisation also fell at 91,809.98 billion cedis compared to 91,861.51 billion cedis at the close on Tuesday.

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

ABL 1,300 -99 AGA 300,000 AADs 3,000 ALW 5,001 BAT 3,050 BOPP 5,500 CAL 1,700 CFAO 400 CLYD 1,000 CMLT 1,700 CPC 600 EIC 6,855 FML 15,800 GCB 6,740

GGBL 7,736 +1

GWEB 550 HFC 6,000 MLC 2,500 MOGL 38,000 PAF 800 PBC 3,000 PZ 6,500 SCB 130,000 SPL 580 SPPC 390 SG-SSB 7,200 SWL 290 TBL 27,000 -900 UNIL 15,400