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Business News of Tuesday, 26 September 2006

Source: GNA

Accra stock index inches

Accra, Sept. 26, GNA - The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) had another quiet day on Tuesday with only 46,400 shares changing hands and the main stock index inching up.

The GSE All-Share Index, the main benchmark, rose by 0.87 points at 4,961.24 points from Monday's 4,960.37 points.

Change for the year was better at 4.03 per cent from 4.01 per cent. On the broader market there were five price changes, all positive. ECOBANK Ghana led the way with 15 cedis at 12,120 cedis; ECOBANK Trans-national Incorporated was four cedis better at 22,706 cedis; TOTAL gained three cedis at 54,005 cedis.

Enterprise Insurance Company gained one cedi at 8,426 cedis and Guinness Ghana Breweries Limited also ended one cedi up at 9,251 cedis. Market capitalisation stood at 111,501.63 billion cedis up from 111,496.56 billion cedis.

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

ABL 1,150 AGA 300,000 ALW 7,004 AYTTN 891 BAT 3,160 BOPP 5,500 CAL 1,800 CFAO 399 CLYD 800 CMLT 1,700 CPC 538

EBG 12,120 +15

EIC 8,426 +1

ETI 22,705 +4

FML 16,160 GCB 6,150

GGBL 9,251 +1

GWEB 550 HFC 5,400 MLC 2,500 PAF 800 PBC 2,800 PZ 6,611 SCB 150,001 SPL 550 SPPC 390 SG-SSB 6,740 SWL 265 TBL 27,000 TOTAL 54,005 +3 UNIL 15,000