ECSE NEWS REPORT
Summary trading report for the week ending Friday, 27 October 2006

Eastern Caribbean Securities Market

This week on the Eastern Caribbean Securities Market, 415 shares of East Caribbean Financial Holding Company traded at $10.00 per share, up twenty-five cents or 2.56% on its previous market price.

Regional Government Securities Market

There was activity in a number of Government securities on the secondary market this week. 5,500,000 units of the Government of St Lucia’s 10 year treasury bond LCG100816 traded at 7.4% and 10,000 units of the Government of Antigua & Barbuda’s 5 year treasury note AGN280711 traded at 8.25%.

While on the primary market the Government of Antigua & Barbuda auctioned EC$17M in 91 day treasury bills. The issue was oversubscribed by almost EC$7M with a resulting discount rate of 6.5%.

More information on these and other issues can be obtained at the ECSE’s website www.ecseonline.com, or by contacting a broker dealer.