Business News of Tuesday, 13 September 2005

Source: GNA

Stock index inches up

Accra, Sept. 13, GNA - The GSE All-Share Index inched up in thin trading on Tuesday with bearish sentiments overshadowing the market. The index closed higher by 0.74 points at 4,900.21 points from 4,899.47 points on Monday.

Change for the year-to-date ended at -27.92 per cent. There were three price changes, all positive.

CFAO was five cedis better at 405 cedis, Enterprise Insurance Company (EIC) rose by 100 cedis at 5,300 cedis and Guinness Ghana Brewery Limited (GGBL) was two cedis better at 7,152 cedis. Shares that changed hands were lower at 84,100 from 114,900 shares on Monday.

Market capitalisation closed up at 92,172.75 billion cedis from 92,168.74 billion cedis on Monday from 3,93.18 million issued shares.

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

ABL 1,480 AGA 300,000 AADs 3,000 ALW 5,000 BAT 3,000 BOPP 6,000 CAL 2,000

CFAO 405 +5

CLYD 1,300 CMLT 1,800 CPC 600

EIC 5,300 +100

FML 15,550 GCB 6,900

GGBL 7,152 +2

GWEB 550 HFC 7,000 MLC 2,500

MOGL 38,012 PAF 800 PBC 3,000 PZ 6,405 SCB 134,000 SPL 600 SPPC 390 SG-SSB 7,865 SWL 290 TBL 27,900 UNIL 16,500