Clydestone Emerges Stock Exchange’s Highest Price Gainer for Month of September
The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) closed September 2025 on a strong note, buoyed by solid price gains across multiple counters and sustained investor confidence in the financial and manufacturing sectors.
According to the GSE’s Summary of Market Activities Report for September, top price gainers for the month included Clydestone (Ghana) PLC (+54.55%), GCB Bank PLC (+40.86%), Ecobank Ghana PLC (+33.04%), CalBank PLC (+25.49%), and Fan Milk PLC (+21.32%).
Other notable gainers were NewGold (+20.22%), Ecobank Transnational Inc. (+18.18%), TotalEnergies Marketing Ghana PLC (+15.88%), Scancom PLC (+12.40%), and Enterprise Group PLC (+10.34%).
Also advancing were Benso Oil Palm Plantation PLC (+10.07%), Republic Bank (Ghana) PLC (+8.18%), Societe Generale Ghana PLC (+4.00%), Ghana Oil Company PLC (+3.03%), and AngloGold Ashanti Depository Shares (+2.44%).
On the losing side, Guinness Ghana Breweries PLC declined by 9.59%, Unilever Ghana PLC fell 2.01%, while Access Bank Ghana PLC dipped marginally by 0.12%.
Trading activity on the equities market closed the month with a total of 45.98 million shares valued at GHS 189.29 million, representing a slight 0.19% increase in volume but a 7.04% decline in value compared to August. On a year-on-year basis, trading activity declined sharply by 83.60% in volume and 66.61% in value.
Year-to-date, cumulative trading volume stood at 601.00 million shares valued at GHS 3.05 billion, reflecting a 35.60% drop in volume but a significant 64.97% increase in value relative to the same period last year.
Market performance indicators strengthened notably in September, with the GSE Composite Index (GSE-CI) recording an 11.43% gain, closing at 8,168.35 points, and extending its year-to-date return to 67.09%. Similarly, the GSE Financial Stock Index (GSE-FSI) advanced 11.35% to close at 3,799.31 points, bringing its year-to-date gain to 59.58%.
