Business News of Wednesday, 30 December 2009

Source: GNA

GOIL gain pushes index up

Accra, Dec. 30, GNA - The GSE-All Share Index rose 5.58 points on Wednesday on the back of gains in Ghana Oil Company (GOIL) to close at 5,545.79 points from 5,440.21 points at the previous session. The gain reduces the year-to-date loss to 47.80 per cent.

Traded volumes fell to 57,021 shares down from 64,702 shares. The only price change on the broader market stood in the name of GOI= L, which went up by GH¢0.02 at GH¢0.17.

Market Capitalisation ended the session at GH¢15,834.82, up from GH¢15,780.96 million on Tuesday.

The following are the closing prices of equities in Ghana cedis:

Equities Share Code Closing Price in GH¢

Accra Brewery Ltd ABL 0.10

African Champion Industries Ltd ACI 0.10

Anglo Gold Ashanti AGA 30.00 Aluworks Limited ALW 0.44 Ayrton Drug Man. Ltd. AYRTN 0.13 Benso Oil Palm Plantation BOPP 0.48 Cal Bank Limited CAL 0.20 CFAO Ghana Limited CFAO 0.03 Clydestone Ghana Ltd CLYD 0.08 Camelot Ghana Limited CMLT 0.16 Cocoa Processing Com Ltd CPC 0.03 Ecobank Ghana Ltd EBG 2.80

Enterprise Insurance Co. Ltd EIC 2.20

Ecobank Transnational Inc. ETI 0.14 Fan Milk Limited FML 5.55 Ghana Commercial Bank Ltd GCB 0.71

Guinness Ghana Breweries Ltd GGBL 1.35

Ghana Oil Company GOIL 0.17 +0.02 Golden Star Resources GSR 3.10

Golden Web Ltd GWEB 0.05 HFC Bank Ltd HFC 0.62 Mechanical Lloyd Co. Ltd MLC 0.20

Pioneer Kitchenware Ltd PKL 0.0 7 Produce Buying Company PBC 0.19

PZ Cussons Ghana Ltd PZC 1.10 StanChart Bank Gh. Ltd SCB 30.00

SIC Insurance Company Limited SIC 0.27

Starwin Products Limited SPL 0.05 SG-SSB Limited SG-SSB 0.45

Sam Woode Limited SWL 0.03 Trust Bank Ltd (Gambia) TBL 1.33

TOTAL Petroleum Ghana Ltd TOTAL 6.80 Transaction Solutions Gh. Ltd TRANSOL 0.09 Unilever Ghana Ltd UNIL 3.40 UT Financial Services UTF 0.21 AngloGold Ashanti Depository Shares AADS 0.30