Business News of Tuesday, 6 May 2008

Source: GNA

Index continues upswing

Accra, May 6, GNA - The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) All-Share Index, the benchmark indicator of the bourse, went up by 6.52 points to close at 9,385.33 points from 9,378.81 points. Change for the year to date now stands at 42.21 per cent. Traded volumes closed three times higher at 230,900 shares from 81,200 shares on Monday.

On the broader market there were four positive price changes. Benso Oil Palm Plantation (BOPP) gained GH¢ 0.02 to close at GH¢ 0.73, Ecobank Ghana Limited (EBG) was up GH¢ 0.01 at GH¢ 3.03, Enterprise Insurance Company went up GH¢ 0.02 at GH¢ 1.90 and Guinness Ghana Breweries Limited (GGBL) went up by GH¢ 0.01 to close GH¢ 1.66.

Market capitalisation closed the trading session higher at GH¢ 14,920.25 compared to GH¢ 14,915.78 million at the previous close on Monday.

The following are the closing prices of equities in Ghana cedis

Equities Share Code Closing Price in GH cedis

Accra Brewery Ltd ABL 0.115

Anglo Gold Ashanti AGA 30.00

Aluworks Limited ALW 0.71

Ayrton Drug Man. Ltd. AYRTN 0.15

Benso Oil Palm Plantation BOPP 0.73 +0.02 Cal

Bank Limited CAL 0.62

CFAO Ghana Limited CFAO 0.035

Clydestone Ghana Ltd CLYD 0.08

Camelot Ghana Limited CMLT 0.17

Cocoa Processing Com Ltd CPC 0.053

Ecobank Ghana Ltd EBG 3.03 +0.01

Enterprise Insurance Co. Ltd EIC 1.90 +0.02 Ecobank

Transnational Inc. ETI 2.20

Fan Milk Limited FML 3.19

Ghana Commercial Bank Ltd GCB 1.38

Guinness Ghana Breweries Ltd GGBL 1.66 +0.01 Ghana Oil Company GOIL 0.26 Golden Star Resources GSR 3.10 Golden Web Ltd GWEB 0.055 HFC Bank Ltd HFC 0.61

Mechanical Llyod Co. Ltd MLC 0.21 Pioneer Kitchenware Ltd PKL 0.08 Produce Buying Company PBC 0.24 PZ Cussons Ghana Ltd PZ 0.86

Standard Chart. Bank Gh.Ltd SCB 27.00 SIC Insurance Company Limited SIC 0.43

Starwin Products Limited SPL 0.05 Super Paper Products Co. Ltd SPPC 0.033 SG-SSB Limited SG-SSB 1.48

Sam Woode Limited SWL 0.0265 Trust Bank Ltd (Gambia) TBL 1.33 TOTAL Petroleum Ghana Ltd TOTAL 6.00 Transaction Solutions Gh.Ltd TRANSOL 0.12 Unilever Ghana Ltd UNIL 2.29 AngloGold Ashanti Depository Shares AADS 0.345