Business News of Thursday, 8 November 2007

Source: GNA

Stocks Exchange in brisk trading

Accra, Nov. 8, GNA - There was brisk trading on the Accra bourse on Thursday when Ayrton Drug Manufacturing Ltd sold 3,348,800 shares out of a total of 3,414,500 shares traded.

The GSE All-Share Index, the benchmark measure, went up by 0.24 points at 5,850.30 from Wednesday's 5,850.06. Change year to date was 16.87 per cent.

On the broader market, there were three price changes, all positive.

Ayrton Drug Manufacturing Ltd gained GH=A2 0.0002 to close trading at GH=A2 0.0978; Ecobank Ghana also gained GH=A2 0.0002 at GH=A2 1.6525, while Guinness Ghana Breweries Limited was the highest gainer going up by GH=A2 0.0004 to close at GH=A2 1.2110. Market capitalisation was up at GH=A2 11,855.86 million from GH=A2 11,855.71 million on Wednesday.

The following are the prices of equities in Ghana cedis

Equities Full Name Share Code Closing Price in GH cedis

Accra Brewery Ltd ABL 0.1150

Anglo Gold Ashanti AGA 30.0000

Aluworks Limited ALW 0.7400

Ayrton Drug Manufacturing Ltd. AYRTN 0.0978 + 0.0002

Benso Oil Palm Plantation BOPP 0.5000

Cal Bank Limited CAL 0.3850

CFAO Ghana Limited CFAO 0.0350

Clydestone Ghana Ltd CLYD 0.0800

Camelot Ghana Limited CMLT 0.1700

Cocoa Processing Company Ltd CPC 0.0530

Ecobank Ghana Ltd EBG 1.6525 + 0.0002

Enterprise Insurance Co. Ltd EIC 1.2003

Ecobank Transnational Inc. ETI 1.1650

Fan Milk Limited FML 2.1501

Ghana Commercial Bank Ltd GCB 0.9602

Guinness Ghana Breweries Ltd GGBL 1.2110 + 0.0004

Golden Web Ltd GWEB 0.0550

HFC Bank Ltd HFC 0.5398

Mechanical Llyod Co. Ltd MLC 0.2100

Pioneer Kitchenware Ltd PKL 0.0800

Produce Buying Company PBC 0.2400

PZ Cussons Ghana Ltd PZ 0.8301

Standard Chartered Bank Gh.Ltd SCB 24.1100

Starwin Products Limited SPL 0.0550

Super Paper Products Co. Ltd SPPC 0.0330

SG-SSB Limited SG-SSB 1.1000

Sam Woode Limited SWL 0.0265

Trust Bank Ltd (Gambia) TBL 1.3250

TOTAL Petroleum Ghana Ltd TOTAL 5.4905

Transaction Solutions Gh.Ltd TRANSOL 0.1200

Unilever Ghana Ltd UNIL 2.1005

AngloGold Ashanti Depository Shares AADS 0.3450