Business News of Wednesday, 31 May 2006

Source: GNA

Main index inches up

Accra, May 31, GNA 96 The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) All-Share Index inched up in another dull trading on Wednesday with only an equity making a move.

The Index was better by 0.01 points at 4,843.80 points from 4,843.79 p oints Tuesday while the change for the year was flat at 1.57 per cent.

Traded volumes ended the session better at 52,900 shares from 39,800 shares on Tuesday.

Fan Milk Limited was the only equity that registered a price change, a one-cedi increase at 15,905 cedis. Market capitalisation closed at 95,588.82 billion cedis.

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

ABL 1,150 AGA 300,000 ALW 6,690 BAT 3,000 BOPP 5,500 CAL 1,942 CFAO 399 CLYD 1,000 CMLT 1,700 CPC 600 EIC 7,260

FML 15,905 +1

GCB 6,312 GGBL 9,900 GWEB 550 HFC 5,400 MLC 2,500 MOGL 54,000 PAF 800 PBC 2,800 PZ 6,510 SCB 130,000 SPL 550 SPPC 390 SG-SSB 7,000 SWL 265 TBL 27,000 UNIL 15,400