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Business News of Tuesday, 17 August 2010

Source: GNA

Ghana Stock Exchange

Accra, Aug. 17, GNA - The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) All-Share Index, the main market indicator, dropped slightly by 1.22 points from 6,455.23 points to 6,454.01 points during Tuesday's trading on the Accra bourse.

The Change Year to Date also dropped to 15.82, from 15.84 recorded during previous session.

Traded volume closed the session at 103,436 shares valued at GH¢80,855.16. Shares of 11 equities were sold.

On the broader market, there were four price changes, three positives and a negative. Ecobank Ghana Limited (EBG) went up by GH¢0.03 to close trading at GH¢2.88 while Cal Bank Limited (CAL) and UT Bank Limited (UTB) appreciated by GH¢0.01 each to close trading at GH¢0.26 and GH¢0.26, respectively.

Ghana Commercial Bank Limited (GCB) lost GH¢0.05 to close trading at GH¢1.85.

Market Capitalisation was GH¢18,304.83 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 0.09

Anglo Gold Ashanti AGA 34.00

Aluworks Limited ALW 0.34

Ayrton Drug Man. Ltd. AYRTN 0.16

Benso Oil Palm Plantation BOPP 0.74

Cal Bank Limited CAL 0.26 +0.01

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 2.88 +0.03

Enterprise Insurance Co. Ltd EIC 1.61

Ecobank Transnational Inc. ETI 0.14

Fan Milk Limited FML 8.50

Ghana Commercial Bank Ltd GCB 1.85 -0.05

Guinness Ghana Breweries Ltd GGBL 1.56

Ghana Oil Company GOIL 0.23

Golden Star Resources GSR 3.40

Golden Web Ltd GWEB 0.05

HFC Bank Ltd HFC 0.52

Mechanical Lloyd Co. Ltd MLC 0.17

Pioneer Kitchenware Ltd PKL 0.07

Produce Buying Company PBC 0.17

PZ Cussons Ghana Ltd PZC 1.10

Standard Chart Bank Gh. Ltd SCB 43.05

SIC Insurance Company Limited SIC 0.37

Starwin Products Limited SPL 0.05

SG-SSB Limited SG-SSB 0.56

Sam Woode Limited SWL 0.02

Trust Bank Ltd (Gambia) TBL 1.33

TOTAL Petroleum Ghana Ltd TOTAL 8.30

Transaction Solutions Gh. Ltd TRANSOL 0.07

Unilever Ghana Ltd UNIL 4.00

UT Bank Limited UTB 0.26 +0.01

AngloGold Ashanti Depository Shares AADS 0.36

Standard Chartered Bank Preference Shares SCB PREF 0.52