Business News of Wednesday, 1 September 2004

Source: GNA

GSE Index in modest gain

Accra, Sept 1, GNA - The GSE-All Share Index, the benchmark index of the Accra bourse, went up by a modest 3.7 points on Wednesday to close at 7,320.01 points.

Traded volumes closed at 248,600 shares while change to date now stands at 106.00 per cent.

On the broader market, BOPP the only agro-based equity on the bourse, made 200 cedis at 5,800 cedis, Enterprise Insurance gained 500 cedis at 5,600 cedis and Patterson Zochonis (PZ) went up two cedis at 4,502 cedis.

Market capitalisation stood at 97,951.43 billion cedis.

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

ABL 1,480 AGA 300,000 AADs 3,006 ALW 10,000 BAT 7,800 BOPP 5,800 +200 CFAO 130 CLYD 1,400 CMLT 800 CPC 1,500 EIC 5,600 +500 FML 9,900 GBL 1,500 GCB 16,000 GGL 12,700 HFC 10,100 MGL 275 MLC 3,100 MOGL 36,859 PAF 800 PBC 3,600 PZ 4,502 +2 SCB 160,000 SPPC 390 SG-SSB 31,000 SWL 290 TBL 31,400 UNIL 27,500