Business News of Wednesday, 25 August 2010

Source: GNA

Accra bourse makes gain

Accra, Aug. 25, GNA - The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) All-Share Index, the main market indicator, went up by 19.59 points from 6,656.82 points to 6,676.41 points during Wednesday's trading on the Accra bourse.

The Change Year to Date was 19.81.

Traded volume was 84,024 shares valued at GH¢62,323.29. Shares of 11 equities were sold.

On the broader market, there were six price changes, five positives and a negative. Fan Milk Limited (FML) led the gainers with a share price increase of GH¢0.10 to close at GH¢8.70; Ecobank Ghana Limited (EBG) went up by GH¢0.05 to close at GHc3.00 while Benso Oil Palm Plantation (BOPP); Golden Star Resources Limited (GSR) and SG-SSB Limited (SG-SSB) gained GH¢0.01 each to close at GH¢0.75; GH¢3.61 and GH¢0.61 in that order.

Ghana Oil Company Limited (GOIL) lost GH¢0.01 to close at 0.26.

Market Capitalisation closed the session at GH¢18,541.16 million from 17.48 million issued shares.

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

Equities Share Code Closing Price in GH¢

Accra Brewery Ltd ABL 0.08

African Champion Industries Ltd ACI 0.08

Anglo Gold Ashanti AGA 34.00

Aluworks Limited ALW 0.34

Ayrton Drug Man. Ltd. AYRTN 0.16

Benso Oil Palm Plantation BOPP 0.75 +0.01

Cal Bank Limited CAL 0.29

CFAO Ghana Limited CFAO 0.03

Clydestone Ghana Ltd CLYD 0.07

Camelot Ghana Limited CMLT 0.16

Cocoa Processing Com Ltd CPC 0.02

Ecobank Ghana Ltd EBG 3.00 +0.05

Enterprise Insurance Co. Ltd EIC 1.81

Ecobank Transnational Inc. ETI 0.15

Fan Milk Limited FML 8.70 +0.10

Ghana Commercial Bank Ltd GCB 1.85

Guinness Ghana Breweries Ltd GGBL 1.56

Ghana Oil Company GOIL 0.26 -0.01

Golden Star Resources GSR 3.61 +0.01

Golden Web Ltd GWEB 0.05

HFC Bank Ltd HFC 0.51

Mechanical Lloyd Co. Ltd MLC 0.17

Pioneer Kitchenware Ltd PKL 0.07

Produce Buying Company PBC 0.16

PZ Cussons Ghana Ltd PZC 1.10

Standard Chart Bank Gh. Ltd SCB 43.06

SIC Insurance Company Limited SIC 0.36

Starwin Products Limited SPL 0.05

SG-SSB Limited SG-SSB 0.61 +0.01

Sam Woode Limited SWL 0.02

Trust Bank Ltd (Gambia) TBL 1.33

TOTAL Petroleum Ghana Ltd TOTAL 8.45

Transaction Solutions Gh. Ltd TRANSOL 0.07

Unilever Ghana Ltd UNIL 4.30

UT Bank Limited UTB 0.26

AngloGold Ashanti Depository Shares AADS 0.40

Standard Chartered Bank Preference Shares SCB PREF 0.52