Business News of Tuesday, 4 December 2007

Source: GNA

Brisk trading on Accra bourse

Accra, Dec. 4, GNA - Ayrton Drug Manufacturing Limited sold five million shares out of the 5,055,400 shares that changed hands during Tuesday's trading on the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE). The GSE All-Share Index, the benchmark measure, gained 27 points at 6,417.66 from 6,390.66 on Monday.

Change year to date now stands at 28.20 per cent from Monday's 27.66 per cent.

There were six positive price changes.

CAL Bank (CAL) gained GH=A2 0.0005 at GH=A2 0.4205; Ecobank Ghana Limited (EBG) was GH=A2 0.0016 better at GH=A2 1.6821; Guinness Ghana Breweries Limited (GGBL) went up by GH=A2 0.0001 at GH=A2 1.2155. Ghana Oil Company (GOIL) gained GH=A2 0.0093 at GH=A2 0.2600; PZ Cussons Ghana Limited (PZ) went up by GH=A2 0.0002 at GH=A2 0.8312 while SG-SSB Limited (SG-SSB) jumped up by GH=A2 0.1000 at GH=A2 1.2200. Market capitalisation rose to GH=A2 12,246.25 million from GH=A2 12,229.69.

The following are the prices of equities in Ghana cedis

Equities Full Name Share Code Closing Price in GH cedis

Accra Brewery Ltd ABL 0.1150 Anglo Gold Ashanti AGA 30.0000 Aluworks Limited ALW 0.7300 Ayrton Drug Manufacturing Ltd. AYRTN 0.0978 Benso Oil Palm Plantation BOPP 0.4900 Cal Bank Limited CAL 0.4205 +0.0005 CFAO Ghana Limited CFAO 0.0350 Clydestone Ghana Ltd CLYD 0.0800 Camelot Ghana Limited CMLT 0.1700 Cocoa Processing Company Ltd CPC 0.0530

Ecobank Ghana Ltd EBG 1.6821 +0.0016

Enterprise Insurance Co. Ltd EIC 1.2025 Ecobank Transnational Inc. ETI 1.2815 Fan Milk Limited FML 2.3752 Ghana Commercial Bank Ltd GCB 0.9710

Guinness Ghana Breweries Ltd GGBL 1.2155 +0.0001

Ghana Oil Company GOIL 0.2600 +0.0093 Golden Web Ltd GWEB 0.0550 HFC Bank Ltd HFC 0.5398 Mechanical Llyod Co. Ltd MLC 0.2100 Pioneer Kitchenware Ltd PKL 0.0800 Produce Buying Company PBC 0.2400 PZ Cussons Ghana Ltd PZ 0.8312 +0.0002 Standard Chartered Bank Gh.Ltd SCB 24.1256 Starwin Products Limited SPL 0.0550 Super Paper Products Co. Ltd SPPC 0.0330 SG-SSB Limited SG-SSB 1.2200 +0.1000 Sam Woode Limited SWL 0.0265

Trust Bank Ltd (Gambia) TBL 1.3250

TOTAL Petroleum Ghana Ltd TOTAL 5.4905 Transaction Solutions Gh.Ltd TRANSOL 0.1200 Unilever Ghana Ltd UNIL 2.1004 AngloGold Ashanti Depository Shares AADS 0.3450