Business News of Tuesday, 12 June 2007

Source: GNA

GSE All-Share index in marginal gain

Accra, June 12, GNA - The GSE All-Share index, the benchmark measure of the Accra bourse, inched up by 1.16 points to close at 5,238.90 points in a dull market on Tuesday.

Total shares traded closed the session at 78,500 shares, a big drop from 28.7 million shares registered on Monday.

Change Year to date now stands at 4.65 per cent. There were seven positive price changes.

Total Ghana Limited was up by 100 cedis at 54,412 cedis, Ecobank Ghana Limited went up 10 cedis at 14,362 cedis and Guinness Ghana Limited rose by 19 cedis to close at 9,520 cedis. Other gainers are Unilever (UNIL) with a 10 cedis rise at 15,160 cedis, Enterprise Insurance Company (EIC) gained three cedis at 9,515 cedis while Fan Milk and SG-SSB went up by one cedi each to close at 19,552 and 7,163 cedis respectively.

Market capitalization ended the session at 114,403.62 billion cedis compared to 114,396.62 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 2,640

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 14,362 +10

Enterprise Insurance Co. Ltd EIC 9,515 +3

Ecobank Transnational Inc. ETI 11,650

Fan Milk Limited FML 19,552 +1

Ghana Commercial Bank Ltd GCB 6,807

Guinness Ghana Breweries Ltd GGBL 9,520 +19

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 180,606

Starwin Products Limited SPL 550

Super Paper Products Co. Ltd SPPC 203

SG-SSB Limited SG-SSB 7,163 +1

Sam Woode Limited SWL 265

Trust Bank Ltd (Gambia) TBL 13,250

TOTAL Petroleum Ghana Ltd TOTAL 54,412 +100

Transaction Solutions (Ghana)Ltd TRANSOL 1,200

Unilever Ghana Ltd UNIL 15,160 +10

AngloGold Ashanti Depository Shares AADS 3,420