GLD, CAL emerge decliners on the stock exchange for last week
Over the week, twenty-three (23) equities traded on the Accra bourse, ending with two (2) decliners.
Cal Bank [CAL] and NewGold [GLD] were the decliners as they lost GH¢0.01 and GH¢3.50 to close trading at GH¢0.75 and GH¢166.50 respectively.
DECLINERS
| Ticker | Close Price (GH¢) | Open Price (GH¢) | Price Change | Y-t-D Change |
| CAL | 0.75 | 0.76 | -0.01 | -13.79% |
| GLD | 166.50 | 170.00 | -3.50 | 53.31% |
As a result, the market capitalization of the stock exchange decreased by GH¢4.56 million to close the trading week at GH¢64.48 billion.
A total of 3,030,863 shares valued at GH¢7,592,049.55 were traded during the week.
Compared with the previous trading week, this week’s data shows a 17.70% decrease in volume traded and a 53.27% increase in trade turnover.
GCB Bank PLC. (GCB) accounted 44.08% of the total value traded whilst Scancom PLC. (MTNGH) recorded the most volumes traded.
TOP TRADED EQUITIES
| Ticker | Volume | Value (GH¢) |
| MTNGH | 1,450,181 | 1,319,664.71 |
| GCB | 826,309 | 3,346,531.58 |
| EGL | 504,107 | 1,663,449.30 |
| SIC | 125,894 | 39,027.14 |
| ETI | 36,258 | 5,438.70 |
Meanwhile, market activity for the week declined by 0.60 points to close at 2,508.39 points translating into a YTD return of -10.07%.
The GSE Financial Stock Index (GSE-FSI) also lost 1.09 points to close at 2,078.85 points translating into a YTD return of -3.39%.
