Ghana’s equities market eased last week, with the benchmark GSE Composite Index slipping 0.22 percent to close at 7,330.37 points, trimming year-to-date gains to 49.95 percent.

Market capitalisation declined to GH¢149.6 billion as trading volumes slumped sharply compared with the previous week.

GSE records gains even as trading slows

The GSE Financial Stock Index edged 0.07 percent higher to 3,411.96 points, supported by gains in GCB Bank, Ecobank Ghana, and Standard Chartered. However, losses in MTN Ghana weighed on the broader market.

MTN, which accounted for more than three-quarters of total value traded, slipped 0.02 to GH¢3.87.

Turnover amounted to GH¢15.5 million from 2.16 million shares, down from GH¢47.4 million on 13.1 million shares the prior week.

Gold-backed GLD topped the gainers, climbing GH¢16.70 to GH¢396.70, while GCB advanced 0.16 to GH¢10.01, extending its year-to-date return to 57 percent.

Despite the dip in the composite index, Ghana’s market remains among Africa’s top performers in 2025, outpacing Nigeria’s NGSE ASI, which has gained 36 percent year-to-date, and Kenya’s NSE, up almost 40 percent.

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