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Business News of Monday, 29 December 2003

Source: GNA

All Share Index rise

Accra, Dec. 29, GNA- The benchmark GSE-All Share Index rose 15.54 points when trading on the bourse resumed on Monday after the Christmas break.

The index went up to close at 3,481.40 points from 3,465.86 at the previous session.

Traded volumes, however, slipped to close at 188,900 shares down from a high of 1.2 million shares on Wednesday. There were six positive price changes.

Fan Milk was up 50 cedis at 3,800 cedis, Ghana Commercial Bank rose 42 cedis at 8,155 cedis and Guinness Ghana Limited gained 49 cedis at 5,600 cedis.

Home Finance Company gained 99 cedis at 3,750 cedis, Patterson Zochonis went up by 50 cedis at 2,700 cedis and SSB Bank was richer by 200 cedis at 19,200 cedis.

Market capitalisation increased at 12,434.89 billion cedis from 12,395.65 billion cedis at the previous trading session on Wednesday.

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

ABL 552

AGC 28,650

ALW 4,000

BAT 4,951 CFAO 75 CMLT 550 CPC 630 EIC 9,901 FML 3,800 +50

GBL 1,460 GCB 8,155 +42

GGL 5,600 +49

HFC 3,750 +99

MGL 275 MLC 700

MOGL 35,001

PAF 740 PBC 1,300

PZ 2,700 +50

SCB 61,001 SPPC 390

SSB 19,200 +200

SWL 288 TBL 9,750

UNIL 14,040