GRi Business, Economics & Finance 28 – 11 - 2002

Accra Bourse Index in Marginal gain

Precious Minerals co loses first boss

 

 

Accra Bourse Index in Marginal gain

 

Accra (Greater Accra) 28 November 2002 - The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) on Wednesday gained a marginal 2.55 points in an active market that saw traded volumes leaping to an unprecedented high in recent weeks.

           

The bourse, which has had a series of poor runs in previous weeks, rallied thanks to gains by five equities to push the index to close 1,362.60 points from 1,360.05 points.

 

Shares that changed hands rose about 10 times from 55,100 shares to a high of 592,400 shares as a result of block trade in Ghana Commercial Bank (GCB), Sam-Woode Limited and Guinness Ghana Limited.

 

On the broader market, there were five positive price changes. The Trust Bank Limited (TBL) gained 50 cedis to close at 4,550 cedis, Unilever was up 47 at 4,700 cedis, SSB Bank went up two cedis at 3,962 cedis, GGL gained five cedis at 1,040 cedis and Fanmilk was up three cedis at 1,776 cedis.

 

Market capitalisation was up at 5,108.42 billion cedis from 5,103.19bn cedis at the previous close.

 

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

ABL                      390

AGC                     18,807

ALW                    3,700

BAT                      1,001

CFAO                  67

EIC                       4,600

FML                     1,776                                  +3

GBL                      500

GCB                     3,515

GGL                     1,040                                  +5

HFC                     955

MGL                     254

MLC                     270

MOGL                  19,721

PAF                      750

PBC                      390

PZ                         2,001

SCB                      28,002

SPPC                    387

SSB                      3,962                                  +2

SWL                     285

TBL                      4,550                                  +50

UNIL                    4,700                                  +47

CMLT                  460

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Precious Minerals co loses first boss

 

Accra (Greater Accra) 28 November 2002 - The death is reported of David T. Ackah, the first Managing Director of the Diamond Marketing Corporation, now Precious Minerals Marketing Company.

 

He was 92. A family spokesperson told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) that Ackah, who was the first National Chairman of the Methodist Men's Fellowship, died on November 11. He had eight children.

 

Ackah would be buried at the Osu Cemetery on Friday, 20 December after a burial service at the Calvary Methodist Church. He was an active member of Gideons International, which distributes Bibles to hospitals, hotels, schools and other organisations.

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