Ten stocks recorded gains on the Ghana Stock Exchange in August 2025.
There were Cocoa Processing Company PLC (50.00%), Intravenous Infusions PLC (25.00%), Trust Bank Gambia PLC (10.00%), Clydestone (Ghana) PLC (10.00%), Scancom PLC (9.01%), NewGold (8.16%), Ghana Oil Company PLC (7.94%), GCB Bank PLC (5.15%), Republic Bank (Ghana) PLC (4.76%), Ecobank Ghana PLC (2.73%).
At the same time, , the GSE Composite Index (GSE-CI) gained 4.84%, closing August att 7,330.37 points and bringing its year-to-date return to 49.95%.
The GSE Financial Stock Index (GSE-FSI), however, declined by 0.44% to 3,411.96 points, while maintaining a year-to-date gain of 43.31%.
On the losing side were Ecobank Transnational Inc. (-6.10%), Cal Bank PLC (-5.56%), Unilever Ghana PLC (-0.44%) and Access Bank Ghana PLC (-0.12%).
Debt Market
Meanwhile, trading activity on the Ghana Fixed Income Market (GFIM) increased significantly in August 2025, with a total volume of 23.92 billion securities traded.
This represented an 11.67% increase compared to 21.42 billion in the previous month.
Treasury bills accounted for 46.25% of the total volume traded, while Government Notes and Bonds contributed 37.44%.
The Bank of Ghana Bills represented 12.61%, with Corporate Bonds making up the remaining 3.70%.
At the end of August, 45.90 million shares valued at GH¢203.63 million were traded.
This reflected an 87.19% decline in volume and an 88.23% decline in value compared to the previous month.
However, relative to the same period last year, it represents a 105.54% increase in volume and a 15.76% increase in value.
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