Business News of Friday, 24 March 2006

Source: GNA

CAL Bank continues to rise

Accra, March 24, GNA - CAL Bank (CAL) continued its steady rise on the Accra Bourse on Friday to sustain the appreciation of the main stock index. The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) All-Share Index went up by 0.47 points to close at 4,760.61 points from Thursday's close of 4,760.14 points. C hange in year to date remained is now -0.18 per cent. CAL, the sole equity that made a move, gained eight cedis to close at 1,876 cedis. Volume of shares traded ended at 256,000 cedis while market capitalisation was better at 91,926.16 billion cedis.

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

ABL 1,150

AGA 300,000

ALW 6,100

BAT 3,049

BOPP 5,500

CAL 1,876 +8

CFAO 399

CLYD 1,000

CMLT 1,700

CPC 600

EIC 6,868

FML 15,800

GCB 6,150

GGBL 8,565

GWEB 550

HFC 6,000

MLC 2,500

MOGL 54,000

PAF 800

PBC 2,800

PZ 6,501

SCB 130,000

SPL 570

SPPC 390

SG-SSB 7,000

SWL 290

TBL 27,000

UNIL 15,400