STOCK MARKET REVIEW

The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) surged at week’s end, buoyed by significant price increases in eighteen (18) counters.

The GSE Composite Index (GSE-CI) surged by 1,108.14 points (+12.11%) for the week to close at 10,260.79 points, reflecting a year-to-date (YTD) gain of 17.00%.  

The GSE Financial Index (GSE-FI) also rose by 543.22 points (+10.78%) for the week to close at 5,580.18 points, reflecting a year-to-date (YTD) gain of 20.08%. 

Market capitalization grew by 8.38% to close the week at GH¢195,887.53 million, from GH¢180,744.68 million at the close of the previous week. This reflects a YTD gain of 13.86%.

The week recorded a total of 34,069,327 shares, valued at GH¢139,417,109.86, compared with 68,410,491 shares valued at GH¢292,481,484.17 that were traded in the preceding week.

MTNGH dominated both the volume and value of trades for the week, accounting for 80.69% and 87.71% of the volume and value of shares traded, respectively.

The market closed the week with 18 growers as indicated below:

 Source: Ghana Stock Exchange

CURRENCY MARKET

The Cedi weakened against the USD for the week. It traded at GH¢10.9985/$, compared with GH¢10.9800/$ at week open, reflecting w/w and YTD depreciations of 0.17% and 4.99% respectively. This compares with a depreciation of 5.16% a year ago.       

The Cedi also regressed against the GBP for the week. It traded at GH¢15.0026/£, compared with GH¢14.9367/£ at week open, reflecting w/w and YTD losses of 0.44% and 6.30% respectively. This compares with an appreciation of 5.87% a year ago.

The Cedi declined against the Euro for the week. It traded at GH¢13.0440/€, compared with GH¢12.9726/€ at week open, reflecting w/w and YTD depreciations of 0.55% and 5.91% respectively. This compares with a depreciation of 6.56% a year ago. 

The Cedi depreciated marginally against the Canadian Dollar for the week. It opened at GH¢8.0541/C$ and closed at GH¢8.0861/C$, reflecting w/w and YTD losses of 0.40% and 5.75%, respectively. This compares with a depreciation of 6.67% a year ago.

 Source: Bank of Ghana

GOVERNMENT SECURITIES MARKET

The government raised a sum of GH¢8,993.19 million for the week across the 91-Day, 182-Day, and 364-Day Treasury Bills. This compares with GH¢5,826.14 million raised in the previous week.       

The 91-Day Bill settled at 8.61% p.a. from 9.97% p.a. last week, whilst the 182-Day Bill settled at 10.68% p.a. from 11.82% p.a. last week. The 364-Day Bill settled at 11.06% p.a. from 12.06% p.a. last week.

The tables below highlight primary market activity at the close of the week.

 Source: Bank of Ghana

Source: Bank of Ghana

COMMODITY MARKET

Oil prices slipped marginally, ahead of more dialogue between the U.S. and Iran aimed at deescalating tensions in the Middle East. Brent futures traded at US$67.75 a barrel, compared to US$68.05 at week's open, reflecting w/w loss and YTD appreciation of 0.44% and 11.34% respectively.

Gold prices rose with traders focusing on rising tensions in the Middle East while digesting the latest U.S. inflation data. Gold settled at US$5,046.30, from US$4,979.80 last week, reflecting w/w and YTD appreciations of 1.34% and 15.05% respectively.

The price of Cocoa declined for the week. Cocoa traded at US$3,581.00 per tonne on Friday, from US$4,197.00 last week, reflecting w/w and YTD losses of 14.68% and 40.96% respectively.

International Commodity Prices

Source: www.investing.com

INVESTMENT TERM OF THE WEEK

Profit Center: It is a part of a company that generates revenue and contributes to its profit. It operates like a standalone business, with managers who make pricing and expense decisions to maximize earnings. Unlike cost centers, which track costs and don’t make money, profit centers are responsible for both revenue and profits.

Source:

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/p/profitcentre.asp

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