Business News of Tuesday, 4 September 2012

Source: GNA

Ecobank Transnational lifts GSE Index

The GSE-Composite Index (GSE-CI), the benchmark measure of performance of the Ghana Stock Exchange, rose 6.98 points to 1,035.81 points from 1,028.83 points with a year-to-date return of 6.17 per cent.

The GSE-Financial Stocks Index (GSE-FSI), which tracks the performance of listed financial stocks, climbed by 9.98 points to 871.78 points from 861.80 points with a year-to-date change of 1.01 per cent.

There was a gainer and a loser during the session.

Ecobank Transnational Incorporated was up GH¢0.01 to GH¢0.11 while Total Petroleum Ghana shed GH¢0.03 to GH¢18.40.

Market Capitalization rose to close the session at GH¢56,098 million from GH¢55,939.58 million.

Shares traded are 249,335, valued at GH¢130,005.65.

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

Company                    Share Code   Closing Prices       Change   

African Champion Industries Ltd   ACI        0.08

Anglo Gold Ashanti                AGA        37.00

Aluworks Limited                  ALW        0.05         

Ayrton Drug Man. Ltd.             AYRTN      0.17 

Benso Oil Palm Plantation         BOPP       1.49  

Cal Bank Limited                  CAL        0.32

Clydestone Ghana Ltd              CLYD       0.04

Camelot Ghana Limited             CMLT       0.12

Cocoa Processing Com Ltd          CPC        0.01              

Ecobank Ghana Ltd                 EBG        3.11

Enterprise Insurance Co. Ltd      EGL        0.30                

Ecobank Transnational Inc.        ETI        0.11                    +0.01

 Fan Milk Limited                  FML        2.74               

 Ghana Commercial Bank Ltd         GCB        2.00               

 Guinness Ghana Breweries Ltd      GGBL       2.37  

 Ghana Oil Company                 GOIL       0.54                                  

 Golden Star Resources             GSR        2.75          

 Golden Web Ltd                    GWEB       0.04

 HFC Bank Ltd                      HFC        0.45   

 Mechanical Lloyd Co. Ltd          MLC        0.10   

 Pioneer Kitchenware Ltd           PKL        0.06

 Produce Buying Company            PBC        0.20                               

 PZ Cussons Ghana Ltd              PZC        0.19

 Standard Chart Bank Gh. Ltd       SCB        43.00

 SIC Insurance Company Limited     SIC        0.34

 Starwin Products Limited          SPL        0.04

 SG-SSB Limited                    SG-SSB     0.45

 Sam Woode Limited                 SWL        0.02

 Trust Bank Ltd (Gambia)           TBL        0.40

 TOTAL Petroleum Ghana Ltd  TOTAL   18.40              -0.03                 

 Transaction Solutions Gh. Ltd     TRANSOL    0.05

 Tullow Oil Plc                    TLW        38.00                 

 Unilever Ghana Ltd                UNIL       8.30   

 UT Bank Limited                   UTB        0.32   

 AngloGold Ashanti Depository Shares                                   AADS                        0.53 

 

 

Standard Chartered Bank Preference Shares SCB PREF   0.52