Business News of Monday, 10 May 2021

Source: SAS Ghana

Stock market continues fine performance while trades surge

The GSE Composite Index climbed 134.31 points The GSE Composite Index climbed 134.31 points

Market Summary

The GSE Composite Index climbed 134.31 points (+5.24%) higher to close at 2,695.76 with a year-to-date return of 38.84% while the market capitalization increased by 2.26% to close at GH¢62.21 billion.

GCB Bank (+4.21%), Societe Generale (+3.70%) and Standard Chartered (+0.22%) pushed the GSE Financial Index up by 13.82 points (+0.74%) to close at 1,890.89 with a year-to-date return of 6.07%.

The SAS Manufacturing Index advanced by 148.41 points (+11.28%) on the back of Guinness Ghana (+30.30%) and Fan Milk (+3.28%) to close at 1,464.59 with a year-to-date return of -13.91%.

Meanwhile, MTN Ghana (+8.77%) completed the gainers’ chart at GH¢1.24 this week.

This week’s trading activity strengthened as 16,218,602 shares valued at GH¢20,866,275 changed hands compared to 4,149,911 shares valued at GH¢10,217,015 last week.

MTN Ghana dominated trades by volumes and value, accounting for 93.13% of total volumes traded and 96.70% of the total value traded.

We expect trading activity to further increase.