There are many things we can take away from the performance of stocks this year. Equities being up only 1.93% year-to-date is one of them. Fan Milk’s woes are another story. The MTN IPO is a story too. But the one that stands out most for me is the 4.72% drop in the value of financial stocks.

I have already written about that though, so I would not delve deeper. I’d only hope that the end of the deadline for the raising of bank capital to GH¢400 million would ease the uncertainty in the sector and improve the performance of financial stocks.

Fan Milk is down 50% this year. Could Kwesi Arthur be the key to their revival? I do not know, but he certainly can’t leave them worse off than they currently are. MTN’s stock has seen an 11% drop off its highs after dividends were paid. The telco is arguably the most watched stock on the GSE right now and you can be sure every percentage gain or loss would be a talking point.

Okay, that is enough commentary from me. Let’s look at the figures.