GSE maintains bullish performance in June…as year-to-date gain hits 27.82%

The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) closed the month of June 2025 on a strong note, maintaining its bullish performance, with the year-to-date (YTD) gains reach­ing 27.82 per cent.

A statement on the summary of market activities for June, re­leased by the GSE and copied to The Ghanaian Times, indicated that the GSE Composite Index rose by 1.60 per cent to close at 6,248.48 points.

The GSE financial stock in­dex also saw a significant uptick, increasing by 4.94 per cent to reach 3,376.01 points.

This pushed its YTD gain to 41.80 per cent, underpinned by positive investor sentiment and improved performance by finan­cial institutions.

The statement said leading the list of price gainers were GCB Bank PLC, whose share price surged by 24.53 per cent, Access Bank Ghana PLC (22.19 per cent), Société Générale Ghana PLC (14.44 per cent), Ecobank Ghana PLC (14.32 per cent), and SIC Insurance Company PLC (12.87 per cent).

“Other notable gainers in­cluded Ghana Oil Company PLC (11.11 per cent), TotalEnergies Marketing Ghana PLC (10.35 per cent), Benso Palm Plantation PLC (10.06 per cent), and Stan­dard Chartered Bank Ghana PLC (6.41 per cent),” the statement said.

However, it said the month also witnessed some losses with NewGold declined marginally by 0.48 per cent, while Scancom PLC dropped 1.68 per cent and Ecobank Transnational Inc. and Cal Bank PLC fell by 4.49 per cent and 5.17 per cent respec­tively.

Despite the strong index performance, the statement said “trading activity on the equi­ties market slowed. A total of 32.18 million shares, valued at GH¢128.29 million, were trad­ed—representing a 19.04 per cent decline in volume and a 45.83 per cent decrease in value compared to June 2024.”

On a year-to-date basis, the GSE said 150.93 million shares have been traded, amounting to GH¢932.99 million.

That it said, marked a 74.18-per-cent decline in volume and a 5.23 per cent drop in value from the same period last year.

The GSE said the Ghana Fixed Income Market also re­corded a total traded volume of GH¢15.50 billion in June—an 18.71 per cent drop from May, but a 68.82 per cent increase compared to the same month last year.

“Year-to-date, fixed in­come market volumes stood at GH¢111.94 billion, reflecting a 56.66 per cent growth over the previous year’s figure of GH¢71.45 billion,” the state­ment, said.

BY KINGSLEY ASARE