Business News of Tuesday, 4 August 2009

Source: GNA

All-Share Index loses ground

Accra, Aug. 4, GNA - The benchmark GSE All-Share index of the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) closed the session on Tuesday slightly lower on the loss of three equities. The index closed down by 6.84 points to close the session at 5,238.44 points.

Change for the year to date now stands at -49.78 per cent. Shares that changed hands stood at 151,600 shares, while market capitalisation ended the session at GH¢15,145.29 million. There were five price changes - three positive and two negative. Ecobank Ghana gained GH¢0.05 to close GH¢2.21; Fan Milk Limited was up GH¢0.03 at GH¢3.36; and Unilever went up by GH¢0.02 at GH¢3.42.

The laggards were SG-SSB and Ghana Commercial Bank. SG-SSB lost GH¢0.05 at GH¢0.35 and GCB was down by GH¢0.01 at GH¢0.75.