Stock Market Highlights
Losses in Fan Milk Ghana Ltd (-9.09%) and Unilever Ghana Ltd (-9.94%) dragged the benchmark index down by 0.53% to close at 1,876.41 with a -16.87% year-to-date return. Market capitalization followed the market’s trend, down 0.20% to settle at GH¢52.71 billion.
The financial index recorded no gains or losses this week, closing at 1,725.21 with a -14.58% YTD return.

Activity Levels Declined
A total of 9,780,708 shares valued at GH¢5,903,726 changed hands this week compared to 10,379,606 shares valued at GH¢6,257,758 last week.
CalBank Limited dominated trading activity, accounting for 81.68% of total value traded.

Outlook
We expect a slowdown in trading activity next week due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Ecobank Ghana Ltd (EGH)
EGH announced that the Company’s Directors will be recommending to the shareholders at the upcoming Annual General Meeting, the payment of a final dividend of GH¢0.30 per share for the 2019 financial year. An investor buying EGH shares on or after 12th August 2020 will not be entitled to the final dividend. The final dividend will be paid on Monday, 14th September 2020.

Fixed Income Market Highlights
Primary Market
Treasury securities were undersubscribed by 21.69% at today’s auction. GoG accepted all tenders, GH¢802.67 million against a target of GH¢1,025 million. A total of GH¢626.43 million was raised in 91 day bills, GH¢125.45 million in 182 day bills and GH¢50.79 million in 364 day bills, compared to GH¢674.09 million in 91 day bills, GH¢81.05 million in 182 day bills and GH¢163.73 million in 364 day bills last week. GoG also raised GH¢590.33 million in 7 year bonds this week.

The yield of the 91 and 182 day bill increased by 2 bps and 3 bps to 14.00% and 14.11%, respectively while the average yield of the 364 day bill narrowed by 11 bps to 16.83% from 16.94% last week.
The target for the next auction is GH¢1,137 million in 91 and 182 day bills.

Secondary Market
Securities maturing in the medium term (2 – 10 years) continue to drive trading activity, accounting for 83% (last week: 73%) of trades while securities with short term maturities (less than 2 years) accounted for 14% of trades.