Business News of Tuesday, 5 June 2007

Source: GNA

GSE All-Share index in marginal gain

Accra, June 5, GNA - The GSE All-Share index, the benchmark measure of the Accra bourse, inched up by 0.36 points to close at 5,226.40 points in a dull market on Tuesday. Total shares traded closed the session at 32,700 shares, down from the 360,800 shares registered on Monday. Change Year to date now stands at 4.40 per cent. There were five positive price changes. SG-SSB gained eight cedis at 7,160 cedis, Total Ghana Limited was up by four cedis at 54,310 cedis and Ecobank Ghana went up five cedis at 14,335 cedis. Cal Bank Limited (CAL) and Enterprise Insurance Company (EIC) were up by one cedi each to close at 2,621 cedis and 9,507 cedis respectively. Market capitalization ended the session at 114,138.64 billion cedis compared to 114,326.45 billion cedis at the previous close on Monday.

The following are the prices of equities in cedis:

Equities Full Name Share Code Closing Price

Accra Brewery Ltd ABL 1,150

Anglo Gold Ashanti AGA 300,000

Aluworks Limited ALW 7,400

Ayrton Drug manufacturing Ltd AYRTN 976

British American Tobacco Ltd BAT 3,300

Benso Oil Palm Plantation BOPP 5,450

Cal Bank Limited CAL 2,621 +1

CFAO Ghana Limited CFAO 350

Clydestone Ghana Ltd CLYD 800

Camelot Ghana Limited CMLT 1,700

Cocoa Processing Company Ltd CPC 538

Ecobank Ghana Ltd EBG 14,335 +5 Enterprise Insurance Co. Ltd EIC 9,507

+1 Ecobank Transnational Inc. ETI 11,600

Fan Milk Limited FML 19,509

Ghana Commercial Bank Ltd GCB 6,807

Guinness Ghana Breweries Ltd GGBL 9,500

Golden Web Ltd GWEB 550

HFC Bank Ltd HFC 5,400 Mecahnical Llyod Co. Ltd MLC 2,100 Pioneer Kitchenware Ltd PKL 800 Produce Buying Company PBC 2,600 PZ Cussons Ghana Ltd PZ 7,200

Standard Chartered Bank Gh. Ltd SCB 180,605

Starwin Products Limited SPL 550 Super Paper Products Co. Ltd SPPC 225 SG-SSB Limited SG-SSB 7,160 +8

Sam Woode Limited SWL 265 Trust Bank Ltd (Gambia) TBL 13,250 TOTAL Petroleum Ghana Ltd TOTAL 54,310 +4

Transaction Solutions (Ghana)Ltd TRANSOL 1,200

Unilever Ghana Ltd UNIL 15,150

AngloGold Ashanti Depository Shares AADS 3,420