Business News of Wednesday, 20 January 2021

Source: SAS Ghana

Stock market closes session flat

Trading activity waned as 69,813 shares valued at GHTrading activity waned as 69,813 shares valued at GH

Market Summary

The benchmark index closed the session flat at 1,967.24 with a 1.32% year-to-date return while the market capitalization was unchanged at GH¢54.70 billion.

The GSE Financial Index recorded no gains or losses, closing at 1,795.32 with a year-to-date return of 0.70% while the SAS Manufacturing Index stayed at 1,619.23 with a year-to-date return of -4.83%.

Trading activity waned as 69,813 shares valued at GH¢58,558 changed hands from 110,076 shares valued at GH¢134,727 in the previous session.

MTN Ghana dominated trades by volume and value, accounting for 82.87% of the total volume traded and 65.21% of the total value traded.

We anticipate activity levels to increase.