Business News of Friday, 30 April 2021

Source: SAS Ghana

MTN Ghana and Total Petroleum push benchmark index up

The GSE Financial Index recorded no gains or losses The GSE Financial Index recorded no gains or losses

Market Summary

MTN Ghana (+8.33%) and Total Petroleum (+1.56%) advanced the benchmark index by 94.48 points (+4.03%) to close at 2,436.62 with a year-to-date return of 25.50%. The market capitalization increased by 1.66% to settle at GH¢59.50 billion.

The GSE Financial Index recorded no gains or losses, closing at 1,864.04 with a year-to-date return of 4.56% while the SAS Manufacturing Index stayed flat at 1,312.63 with a year-to-date return of -22.85%.

Trading activity picked up as 1,002,641 shares valued at GH¢1,438,514 changed hands from 282,718 shares valued at GH¢421,149 in the previous session.

MTN Ghana dominated trades by both volumes and value, accounting for 80.34% of the total volumes traded and 58.42% of the total value traded.

We anticipate activity levels to increase.