Business News of Monday, 16 June 2008

Source: GNA

Accra bourse index in big leap

Accra, June 16, GNA - The GSE-All Share Index, the benchmark measure of the Accra bourse, jumped a whopping 71.09 points on the back of huge price appreciations in four equities. The index rallied to close up at 10,238.64 points from 10,167.55 points.

Change to date now stands at 55.14 per cent. Shares that changed hands at the close of the session on Monday stood at 396,200 shares.` On the broader market, there were five price changes - four positive and a negative.

Ecobank Ghana Limited (EBG) gained GH¢0.04 at GH¢3.80, Enterprise Insurance Company (EIC) went up by GH¢0.08 at GH¢2.30, Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI, was up GH¢0.005 at GH¢0.47 and Guinness Ghana Brewery Limited (GGBL) was richer by GH¢0.03 at GH¢2.10.

The only loser was Aluworks Limited, which went down by GH¢0.03 to close GH¢0.65. Market capitalisation now stands at GH¢15,514.02 million.

The following are the closing prices of equities in Ghana cedis

Equities Share Code Closing Price in GH cedis

Accra Brewery Ltd ABL 0.115 Anglo Gold Ashanti AGA 30.00 Aluworks Limited ALW 0.65 -0.03 Ayrton Drug Man. Ltd. AYRTN 0.16 Benso Oil Palm Plantation BOPP 1.29 Cal Bank Limited CAL 0.70 CFAO Ghana Limited CFAO 0.04 Clydestone Ghana Ltd CLYD 0.08 Camelot Ghana Limited CMLT 0.16 Cocoa Processing Com Ltd CPC 0.053

Ecobank Ghana Ltd EBG 3.80 +0.04

Enterprise Insurance Co. Ltd EIC 2.30 +0.08

Ecobank Transnational Inc. ETI 0.47 +0.005

Fan Milk Limited FML 3.53 Ghana Commercial Bank Ltd GCB 1.38

Guinness Ghana Breweries Ltd GGBL 2.10 +0.03

Ghana Oil Company GOIL 0.35 Golden Star Resources GSR 3.10 Golden Web Ltd GWEB 0.055 HFC Bank Ltd HFC 0.62 Mechanical Llyod Co. Ltd MLC 0.21 Pioneer Kitchenware Ltd PKL 0.07 Produce Buying Company PBC 0.22 PZ Cussons Ghana Ltd PZ 0.88

Standard Chart. Bank Gh.Ltd SCB 29.80 SIC Insurance Company Limited SIC 0.63

Starwin Products Limited SPL 0.05 Super Paper Products Co. Ltd SPPC 0.033 SG-SSB Limited SG-SSB 1.35 Sam Woode Limited SWL 0.0265 Trust Bank Ltd (Gambia) TBL 1.33 TOTAL Petroleum Ghana Ltd TOTAL 6.01 Transaction Solutions Gh.Ltd TRANSOL 0.11 Unilever Ghana Ltd UNIL 2.48

AngloGold Ashanti Depository Shares AADS 0.345