The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) concluded June 2025 with a strong bullish performance, primarily propelled by remarkable gains in its financial stocks.
The benchmark Ghana Stock Exchange Composite Index (GSE-CI) climbed by 0.62% to close at 6,248.48 points, achieving an impressive year-to-date (YTD) return of 27.82%.
The Financial Stock Index (GSE-FSI) saw an even more robust increase, advancing by 1.58% to 3,376.01 points, pushing its YTD performance to a substantial 41.80%.
This upward trend in both indices was fueled by renewed investor interest in key financial sector companies.
Ecobank Ghana (EGH) saw its share price rise by GH¢1.09 to close at GH¢8.70 while Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) added GH¢0.88, ending the week at GH¢27.88.
GCB Bank also gained GH¢0.67 to reach GH¢10.00 with Société Générale Ghana and SIC Insurance experiencing marginal increases to GH¢2.06 and GH¢1.14, respectively.
Overall market capitalisation expanded to GH¢137.30 billion, up from GH¢136.84 billion in the previous week.
While total trading volume saw a slight decline of 2.01% to 5.79 million shares, trade turnover significantly improved, surging by 21.61% to GH¢21.81 million.
Total Petroleum Ghana emerged as the week's top performer, rallying by GH¢2.50 to GH¢27.50, reflecting a stellar YTD return of 109.60%.
Conversely, GLD recorded the steepest weekly loss, falling by GH¢5 to GH¢353.88, leading to a 9.38% YTD decline, attributed to a dip in global gold prices.
Other decliners included MTN Ghana (-GH¢0.02), Fan Milk Limited (-GH¢0.05), and Enterprise Group Limited (-GH¢0.01).
Despite its slight price dip, MTN Ghana dominated trading activity, accounting for 82% of the total weekly volume with 4.73 million shares changing hands, valued at GH¢13.93 million.
