Business News of Thursday, 8 March 2007

Source: GNA

GSE All-Share index in marginal gain

Accra, March 8, GNA - The GSE All-Share Index, the benchmark index of the Accra bourse, made a marginal gain in another quiet session on Monday as investors stayed on the fence.

The index went up by 0.15 points at 5,061.85 points from 5,061.70 points on Friday.

Shares that changed hands were a mere 5,800. Market capitalization closed at 112,831.34 billion cedis. There were five price changes, all positive.

Aluworks gained one cedi at 7,462 cedis, ECOBANK Ghana was up by four cedis at 14,010 cedis, Enterprise Insurance Company gained two cedis at 8,883 cedis, Fan Milk Limited was better by three cedis at 19,004 cedis and SG-SSB Bank was one cedi richer at 6,127 cedis.

The following are the prices of equities in cedis:

ABL 1,150 AGA 300,000

ALW 7,462 +1

AYRTN 976 BAT 3,300 BOPP 5,500 CAL 2,100 CFAO 350 CLYD 800 CMLT 1,700 CPC 538

EBG 14,010 +4

EIC 8,883 +2

ETI 11,350

FML 19,004 +3

GCB 6,140 GGBL 9,302 GWEB 550 HFC 5,400 MLC 2,100 PKL 800 PBC 2,600 PZ 7,105 SCB 168,000 SPL 550 SPPC 225

SG-SSB 6,127 +1

SWL 265 TBL 13,250 TOTAL 54,251 TRANSOL 1,200 UNIL 15,000 AADS 3,310