Business News of Tuesday, 12 December 2006

Source: GNA

GSE index rises on back of CAL Bank

Accra, Dec. 12, GNA - The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) closed higher on Tuesday on the back of gains by CAL Bank Limited. The GSE All-Share Index, the benchmark measure, gained 3.95 points to end the session at 4,997.54 points.

Traded volumes ended at 56,000 and change for the year to date stands at 4.79 per cent.

On the broader market, there were two positive price changes. CAL Bank Limited gained 150 cedis to close at 2,000 cedis and ECOBANK Ghana went up by one cedi at 13,506 cedis. Market capitalisation stands at 112,236.30 cedis.

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

ABL 1,150 AGA 300,000 ALW 7,251 ARYTN 976 BAT 3,300 BOPP 5,500

CAL 2,000 +150

CFAO 399 CLYD 800 CMLT 1,700 CPC 538

EBG 13,506 +1

EIC 8,811 ETI 22,706 FML 17,008 GCB 6,150 GGBL 9,248 GWEB 550 HFC 5,400 MLC 2,100 PKL 800 PBC 2,600 PZ 6,650 SCB 158,000 SPL 550 SPPC 225 SG-SSB 6,000 SWL 265 TBL 26,500 TOTAL 54,017 UNIL 15,000 AADS 3,101