Business News of Friday, 7 July 2006

Source: GNA

Main stock index inches up

Accra, July 7, GNA - The main stock index inched up in another quiet trading Friday with only one equity making a move. The GSE All-Share Index, the main stock index, went up by 0.02 points to 4,832.85 points from 4,832.83 points on Thursday. Change for the year to date, however, ended flat at 1.34 per cent. On the broader market, there was only one price change, a 10-cedi rise by Enterprise Insurance Company at 8,110 cedis.

Traded volumes were down at 81,900 from Thursday's 137,600 while market capitalisation was up at 95,577.24 billion cedis from 95,576.98 billion cedis.

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

ABL 1,150 AGA 300,000 ALW 6,740 BAT 3,160 BOPP 5,500 CAL 1,942 CFAO 399 CLYD 1,000 CMLT 1,700 CPC 600

EIC 8,110 +10

FML 15,950 GCB 6,312 GGBL 9,830 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 6,750 SWL 265 TBL 27,000 UNIL 15,400