Business News of Wednesday, 10 January 2007

Source: GNA

GSE Index slips

Accra, Jan. 10, GNA - The GSE All-Share Index, the main gauge of performance on the Accra bourse, fell 5.51 points pulled down by a 200 cedi loss by Guinness Ghana Brewery Limited (GGBL).

Consequently, the index closed lower at 5,001.15 points down from 5,006.66 points at the previous close on Wednesday. Traded volumes were, however, up at 138,800 shares from a low of 12,200 shares.

Change year to date stands at -0.10 per cent. On the broader market, there were three price changes 96 two positive and a negative.

Enterprise Insurance Company gained two cedis at 8,820 cedis and FanMilk was up by one cedi at 18,011 cedis. The only loser was GGBL, which lost 200 cedis to end the session at 9,000 cedis. Market capitalization ended the session lower at 112,466.95 billion cedis from 112,499.81 billion cedis at the previous session.

The following are the prices of equities in cedis:

ABL 1,150 AGA 300,000 ALW 7,251 AYRTN 976 BAT 3,300 BOPP 5,500 CAL 2,205 CFAO 399 CFAO 800 CMLT 1,700 CPC 538 EBG 13,531

EIC 8,820 +2

ETI 22,700

FML 18,011 +1

GCB 6,150

GGBL 9,000 -200

GWEB 550 HFC 5,400 MLC 2,100 PKL 800 PBC 2,600 PZ 6,995 SCB 158,000 SPL 550 SPPC 225 SG-SSB 6,000 SWL 265 TBL 13,250 TOTAL 54,040 TRANSOL 1,000 UNIL 15,000