The Ghana Stock Exchange’s (GSE) Fixed Income Market closed the month of August 2024 with a traded volume of 17.92 billion, a significant 236.02% increase over the same period last year.
Treasury Bills accounted for 64.28% of volumes traded, whilst the government bonds contributed 34.08%, with corporate bonds making up the remaining 1.64%.
Year-to-date trading volume reached103.24 billion, marking a 99.47% increase over the 51.76 billion traded in the corresponding period last year.
GGBL, 4 others are top gainers
On the equities Market, the GSE Composite Index saw a 2.98% drop in August 2024 closing at 4,359.85 points, reducing the year-to-date gain to 39.28%.
The GSE Financial Stock Index increased by 0.77%, increasing its year-to-date gain to 11.38%.
The top price gainers for the month were GGBL (9.79%), Camelot (9.09%), BOPP (8.70%), Unilever (8.33%) and Enterprise Ghana Limited (6.45%).
On the other hand, MTN Ghana and CalBank lost 5.98% and 8.82% respectively.
On a while, a total volume of 652,798,625 shares valued at GH¢1,285,702,743.41 has traded so far this year, marking an 83.91% increase in volume and a 170.94% rise in value compared to the corresponding period last year.
Jan-August 2024 | Jan-August 2023 | % Change | |
GSE-CI YTD Change | 39.28% | 26.22% | 83.91 |
Volume | 652,798,625 | 354,959,616 | 170.94 |
Value (GH¢) | 1.285bn | 474.5bn | 41.33 |
GSE-CI | 4,359.85 | 3,084.79 | 25.65 |
Mkt.Cap. (GH¢M) | 92,041.99 | 73,250.18 | |
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