GSE market cap hits GH¢279billion as total value traded surges 40% week-on-week

The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) closed the trading week ending April 24, 2026, with the GSE Composite Index settling at 14,873.11, representing a 6.05 per cent gain over the previous week's close of 14,024.22. Market capitalization climbed nearly 5 per cent to reach GH¢278.98 billion, up from GH¢266.45 billion seven days earlier. Total value traded jumped by 40.12 per cent to GH¢87.33 million, up from GH¢62.32 million the week before.

The total traded volume hit 13.55 million shares, a 6.68 per cent increase over the prior week's 12.70 million. The finance sector accounted for 46.08 per cent of all shares traded, while the information and communications technology sector followed with 43.90 per cent of total volume. GCB Bank closed at GH¢42.52, a gain of GH¢10.75 or 33.84 per cent, with a year-to-date return of 93.27 per cent. SIC Insurance climbed to GH¢5.38, a gain of GH¢0.92 or 20.63 per cent, trading 348.33 per cent above its price at the start of the year. Republic Bank added GH¢0.86 to close at GH¢5.58, a weekly gain of 18.22 per cent. TotalEnergies Marketing Ghana fell to