The Ghana Stock Exchange ended last year as Africa’s 2nd best performing stock market , in both dollar and cedi terms.

The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) has continued its decline over the course of the past four weeks – with its benchmark Composite Index (GSE-CI) falling by 7.06 percent over the period after breaching the 3,000-point mark – from a high 3010.74 points to 2, 798.27 points.

The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) has marked its 31st anniversary of trading on the floor of the Exchange by ringing the ceremonial bell with some dignitaries including the Minister of Public Enterprises, Regulator of the capital market, Chair of the GSE Council, Chief Executive Officers of listed companies and their representatives, Licensed brokers and market players.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued guidelines to regularise the operations of credit rating agencies (CRA) in the country, allowing for an independent evaluation of the creditworthiness of debt securities on the Ghana Fixed Income Market.