Stock Market Highlights
• The benchmark index advanced by 0.89% this week, on the back of gains in two counters in the banking and telecom sectors to close at 1,909.87 with a -15.39% year-to-date return.

Market capitalization increased by 0.33% to settle at GH¢54.04 billion.
• Standard Chartered Bank (+2.58%) pushed the GSE-FI up by 0.53% to close at 1,725.13 with a -14.58% year-to-date return.

Activity Levels Declined
• A total of 13,241,564 shares valued at GH¢5,100,677 changed hands this week compared to 50,947,822 shares valued at GH¢36,675,264 last week.
• MTN Ghana dominated trading activity, accounting for 96.95% of total value traded.
Outlook

• We expect a slowdown in trading activity next week due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Unilever Ghana Plc (UNIL) UNIL has announced that Unilever Overseas Holdings Limited acquired 7.94% of the issued shares in UNIL on 11th December 2020. The Free of Payment (FoP) transaction was executed in Ghana and involved the purchase of 4,962,500 ordinary shares in UNIL. This acquisition takes Unilever’s current shareholding in UNIL to 74.50%. Investors looking to purchase/sell stocks and treasury bills can do so through SIC Brokerage Ltd.
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