Business News of Thursday, 29 May 2008

Source: GNA

GSE continues to climb

Accra, May 29, GNA - The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) All-Share Index, the benchmark measure of the Accra bourse, continued its bullish run with another impressive gain.

The index rallied by 16.7 points to close at 9,906.64 points 9,889.94 points on the back of gains in four equities. Change for the year to date now stands at 50.11 per cent. Traded volumes closed the session at 264,900 shares down from 14,362,200 shares on the previous session. There were four price changes, all positive. Benso Oil Palm Plantation gained GH¢0.01 at GH¢1.29, Ecobank Ghana Limited (EBG) was up GH¢0.04 at GH¢3.31 GH cedis, Guinness Ghana Limited with GH¢0.01 at GH¢1.78, State Insurance Company went up GH¢0.01 at GH¢0.51. Market capitalisation ended the session up at GH¢15,247.67 million from GH¢15,237.27 million.