Business News of Monday, 6 December 2004

Source: GNA

Stock Index edges up

Accra, Dec. 6, GNA - The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) All-Share Index gained 13.09 points on Monday on the back gains by three equities as it recovered from a series of losses.

The Index that slid for several trading sessions ended at 6,762.93 points.

Change for the year ended at 90.32 per cent.

CAL bank continued its rise with 200 cedis to 3,200 cedis, Patterson Zochonis (PZ) was up 95 cedis at 4,700 cedis whle Ghana Commercial Bank gained five cedis at 10,055 cedis.

Total shares traded were at 1,633,100 out of which CAL sold 1,327,700.

Market capitalisation ended at 96,892.68 billion cedis from 3,580.79 million issued shares.

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

ABL 1,480 AGA 300,000 AADs 3,006 ALW 10,000 BAT 7,700 BOPP 6,500

CAL 3,200 +200

CFAO 200 CLYD 1,210 CMLT 890 CPC 1,000 EIC 8,000 FML 20,000 GBL 1,500

GCB 10,055 +5

GGL 12,700 HFC 10,000 MGL 275 MLC 3,100 MOGL 38,220 PAF 800 PBC 3,600

PZ 4,700 +95

SCB 170,000 SPPC 390 SG-SSB 27,000 SWL 290 TBL 31,000 UNIL 22,000