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Business News of Monday, 19 October 2009

Source: GNA

Accra bourse begins week on weak note

Accra, Oct. 19, GNA - The main index of the Ghana Stock Exchange (GS= E), the All-Share Index, opened the week down on Monday, losing 16.42 points to close at 6,070.03 points. Change for the year closed the session at -41.81 per cent. Traded volumes opened at 31,494 shares. Market capitalisation at the close of session now stands at GH¢15,753.31 million. On the broader market, there were three price changes - two negative=

and one positive. State Insurance Company (SIC) lost GH¢0.01 at GH¢0.32 and Ghana Commercial Bank (GCB) went down by 0.04 at GH¢0.88. The only gainer was Fan Milk Limited (FML), which appreciated by GH¢0.03 at GH¢4.53.