Business News of Friday, 13 August 2010

Source: GNA

GSE All Share Index shows good performance this week

Accra, Aug. 13, GNA - The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) All-Share Index, on Friday bounced back to close the week with a rise of 41.8 points.

The Index, with the exception of Thursday, which dipped slightly, saw increases throughout the week trading. It went up from 6,385.97 points on Thursday to close at 6,427.77 points during Friday's trading.

The Change Year to Date also rose to 15.35, down from 14.60 recorded during previous trading session.

Traded volume closed the session at 1,350,170 shares valued at GH¢1,928,631.74. Ghana Commercial Bank Limited (GCB) led the pack with 539,600 shares valued at GH¢1,018,009.00; followed by Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI) with 247,900 shares valued at GH¢34,706.00.

On the broader market, there were eight price changes, five positives and three negatives. Fan Milk Limited led the gainers with a share price increase of GH¢0.48 to close trading at GH¢8.50; Unilever Ghana Limited (UNIL) went up by GH¢0.20 to close trading at GH¢3.85; GCB gained GH¢0.15 to close trading at GH¢1.90; Enterprise Insurance Company Limited (EIC) appreciated by GH¢0.04 to close trading at GH¢1.60 and SIC Insurance Company Limited (SIC) inched up GH¢0.01 to close trading at GH¢0.38.

HFC Bank (Ghana) Limited lost GH¢0.08 to close trading at GH¢0.46; Ecobank Ghana Limited (EBG) lost GH¢0.07 to close trading at GH¢2.80 and Ghana Oil Company Limited (GOIL) went down by GH¢0.02 to close trading at GH¢0.23.

Market Capitalisation now stands at GH¢18,284.62 million from GH¢18,252.43 million issued shares.

The following are the closing prices of equities in Ghana Cedis:Equities Share Code Closing Price in GH¢

Accra Brewery Ltd ABL 0.08

African Champion Industries Ltd ACI 0.09

Anglo Gold Ashanti AGA 34.00

Aluworks Limited ALW 0.33

Ayrton Drug Man. Ltd. AYRTN 0.16

Benso Oil Palm Plantation BOPP 0.74

Cal Bank Limited CAL 0.27

CFAO Ghana Limited CFAO 0.03

Clydestone Ghana Ltd CLYD 0.07

Camelot Ghana Limited CMLT 0.16

Cocoa Processing Com Ltd CPC 0.02

Ecobank Ghana Ltd EBG 2.80 -0.07

Enterprise Insurance Co. Ltd EIC 1.60 +0.04

Ecobank Transnational Inc. ETI 0.14

Fan Milk Limited FML 8.50 +0.48

Ghana Commercial Bank Ltd GCB 1.90 +0.15

Guinness Ghana Breweries Ltd GGBL 1.56

Ghana Oil Company GOIL 0.23 -0.02

Golden Star Resources GSR 3.40

Golden Web Ltd GWEB 0.05

HFC Bank Ltd HFC 0.46 -0.08

Mechanical Lloyd Co. Ltd MLC 0.17

Pioneer Kitchenware Ltd PKL 0.07

Produce Buying Company PBC 0.17

PZ Cussons Ghana Ltd PZC 1.10

Standard Chart Bank Gh. Ltd SCB 43.05

SIC Insurance Company Limited SIC 0.38 +0.01

Starwin Products Limited SPL 0.05

SG-SSB Limited SG-SSB 0.57

Sam Woode Limited SWL 0.02

Trust Bank Ltd (Gambia) TBL 1.33

TOTAL Petroleum Ghana Ltd TOTAL 8.30

Transaction Solutions Gh. Ltd TRANSOL 0.07

Unilever Ghana Ltd UNIL 3.85 +0.20

UT Bank Limited UTB 0.25

AngloGold Ashanti Depository Shares AADS 0.36

Standard Chartered Bank Preference Shares SCB PREF 0.52