Business News of Wednesday, 2 August 2006

Source: GNA

GSE All-Share slips in dull trading

Accra, Aug. 2, GNA - The GSE All-Share Index, the main market indicator, slipped in dull trading on Wednesday with investors staying on the sidelines.

The Index lost 0.04 points at 4,885.32 points from 4,885.36 points on Tuesday.

Change for the year to date stood still at 2.44 per cent. There were three price changes, two up and one down. Fan Milk Ghana Limited was two cedis better at 16,009 cedis and ECOBANK gained one cedi at 11,702 cedis. CAL Bank lost two cedis at 1,940 cedis.

Total shares traded jumped to 599,300 from 34,700. Market capitalisation was down marginally at 97,223.38 billion cedis from 97,223.48 billion cedis.

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

ABL 1,150 AGA 300,000 ALW 6,800 BAT 3,160 BOPP 5,500

CAL 1,940 -2

CFAO 399 CLYD 1,000 CMLT 1,700 CPC 597

EBG 11,702 +1

EIC 8,135

FML 16,009 +2

GCB 6,310 GGBL 9,500 GWEB 550 HFC 5,400 MLC 2,500 MOGL 54,000 PAF 800 PBC 2,800 PZ 6,510 SCB 137,000 SPL 550 SPPC 390 SG-SSB 6,750 SWL 265 TBL 27,000 UNIL 15,000