Stock Market: GSE closes trading session with mixed performance on August 6

The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) closed the Thursday, August 6, 2025, trading session with a mixed performance across its benchmark indices.

The GSE Composite Index rose by 5.59 points to close at 7,162.20 points, pushing its Year-To-Date (YTD) return to 46.51%.

However, the Financial Stocks Index declined by 8.70 points to settle at 3,408.78 points, reflecting a YTD return of 43.18%.

Market capitalisation increased by GH¢1.35 billion to close at GH¢147.91 billion, driven largely by gains in key stocks such as MTN Ghana (MTNGH) and the Ghana Commodity Exchange’s gold-backed ETF (GLD), which advanced to GH¢3.72 and GH¢370.00 respectively.

On the downside, Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI) lost value to close at GH¢0.80, while Access Bank Ghana (ACCESS) declined to GH¢16.37.

Trade activity slowed significantly, with total volume traded plunging by 63.09% to 581,013 shares, culminating in a trade value of GH¢1,678,800.18.

MTNGH led trading activity, accounting for the highest volume and value traded—325,618 shares worth GH¢1,212,069.64.

ETI, CAL Bank, SIC Insurance, and Intravenous Infusions Ltd (IIL) followed in that order to complete the top five most traded equities by volume.

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