Stock market records 2 decliners over the week
Twenty-three (23) equities traded over the week, ending with two (2) stocks recording price declines.
NewGold (GLD) lost GH¢54.09 cumulatively to close at GH¢202.71 per share whilst Unilever Ghana PLC (UNIL) lost GH¢0.47 to close at GH¢4.31 per share.
DECLINERS
Ticker | Close Price (GH¢) | Open Price (GH¢) | Price Change | Y-t-D Change |
GLD | 202.71 | 256.80 | -54.09 | 86.66% |
UNIL | 4.31 | 4.78 | -0.47 | -26.83% |
As a result, market capitalization of the GSE closed the trading week at GH¢64.64 billion down by GH¢186.23 million.
A total of 432,396 shares cumulating to a value of GH¢20,584,257.98 were traded during the week.
This week’s data shows a 319.35% increase in volume traded and an 869.68% increase in trade turnover respectively.
MTNGH emerged as the most traded stock during the week whilst GLD accounted for 98.63% of total value traded.
TOP TRADED EQUITIES
Ticker | Volume | Value (GH¢) |
MTNGH | 256613 | 225,819.44 |
GLD | 100,139 | 20,301,849.00 |
ETI | 30,827 | 4,624.05 |
ALW | 23,286 | 2,328.60 |
TOTAL | 6,388 | 25,552.00 |
Meanwhile, at the close of the trading week, the Ghana Stock Exchange Composite Index (GSE-CI) closed lower losing 2.82 points to close at 2,460.62 points translating into a YTD return of -11.78%.
The GSE Financial Stock Index (GSE-FSI) remained unchanged to close at 2,076.84 points translating into a YTD return of -3.49%.