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GSE maintains positive run in October 2026; 68m shares traded

GSE maintains positive run in October 2026; 68m shares traded

They were Cocoa Processing Co. PLC (35.71%), Meridian Marshalls Holdings Company (16.67%), Enterprise Group PLC (14.29%), TotalEnergies Marketing PLC (13.22%), AngloGold Ashanti Depositary Shares (9.52%), CalBank PLC (5.71%), GCB Bank PLC (5.20%), SIC Insurance Company PLC (4.17%), HORDS PLC (4.17%), Scancom PLC (3.85%), Intravenous Infusions PLC (1.89%0, Access Bank Ghana PLC (0.58%) and Kasapreko PLC (0.54%). They were Ecobank Ghana PLC (-0.03%), Standard Chartered Bank PLC (-0.03), Fan Milk PLC (-0.07) Guinness Ghana Breweries PLC (-0.37), Unilever Ghana PLC (-1.25), Ghana Oil Company PLC…

The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) equity market maintained its positive run in October 2026, ending the month with the GSE Composite Index and the GSE Financial Stock Index returning 63.08% and 58.98%, respectively.

Trading activity recorded 88,630 transactions, representing a 59.07% increase compared with the same period last year.

The volume and value traded for the month were 68,622,135 shares and GH¢345,231,828.97, respectively, representing an increase of 55.52% in volume and 58.94% in value compared to the same period last year.

The market recorded a year-to-date cumulative volume of 1,124,927,571 shares valued at GH¢5,684,813,419.12, representing an increase of 74.37% in volume and 73.66% in value compared to the same period last year.

There were 13 top price gainers for the month. They were Cocoa Processing Co. PLC (35.71%), Meridian Marshalls Holdings Company (16.67%), Enterprise Group PLC (14.29%), TotalEnergies Marketing PLC (13.22%), AngloGold Ashanti Depositary Shares (9.52%), CalBank PLC (5.71%), GCB Bank PLC (5.20%), SIC Insurance Company PLC (4.17%), HORDS PLC (4.17%), Scancom PLC (3.85%), Intravenous Infusions PLC (1.89%0, Access Bank Ghana PLC (0.58%) and Kasapreko PLC (0.54%).

The price losers were also 12 for the month.

They were Ecobank Ghana PLC (-0.03%), Standard Chartered Bank PLC (-0.03), Fan Milk PLC (-0.07) Guinness Ghana Breweries PLC (-0.37), Unilever Ghana PLC (-1.25), Ghana Oil Company PLC (-2.83%), Clydestone (Ghana) PLC (-3.75%), Benso Palm Plantation PLC (-6.67), Societe Generale Ghana PLC ( -10.62%) Ecobank Transnational Inc. (-16.76%), Digicut Production & Advertising Plc (-17.02) and Dannex Ayrton Starwin Plc. (-19.13).

Meanwhile, the Ghana Fixed Income Market (GFIM) closed the month with a volume traded of 48.13 billion, representing an increase of 65.25% compared to the same period last year.

The year-to-date volume traded of 385.9 billion was 80.23% more than the 214.13 billion traded in the same period last year.

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