The S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) is again enjoying a day in the green so far this Thursday. At the time of writing, the ASX 200 Index is up a decent 0.27% at 7,288 points.
But let's dive a little deeper and check out the shares that are topping the ASX 200's trading volume charts, according to investing.com.
The 3 most traded ASX 200 shares by volume so far this Thursday
Pilbara Minerals Ltd (ASX: PLS)
ASX 200 lithium producer Pilbara is our first share for this Thursday's trading session. So far today, a healthy 18.1 million of Pilbara's shares have swapped hands on the ASX boards. There's been no major news out of Pilbara today so far. However, the Pilbara share price has been a bit all over the shop so far.
The company rocketed as high as $3.53 a share soon after open this morning, but has trended lower all day, and is now up 1.81% at $3.38. It's probably this bouncing around that has Pilbara on this list today.
BHP Group Ltd (ASX :BHP)
The 'Big Australian' is next up today. So far this Thursday, this ASX 200 mining giant has seen a hefty 20.42 million of its shares bought and sold. There were some announcements out of BHP this morning. But they were hardly market movers, more some routine paperwork.
So we can probably assume the movements of BHP shares are behind this volume. BHP is currently up by 0.17% at $48.38 a share after beginning the trading day down more than 1% at $47.70. Again, it's probably this bouncing around that is behind this volume. The aftershocks of BHP's unification, which was completed last week, may also be contributing.
AMP Ltd (ASX: AMP)
For the second day in a row, ASX 200 financial services company AMP makes this list, this time at the top. This Thursday has had an eye-watering 72.03 million AMP shares change hands thus far. This is almost certainly related to the company's full-year earnings report for FY2021 that was delivered this morning.
As my Fool colleague Bernd covered, the company recorded a healthy 53% increase in underlying profits to $356 million for the financial year. As a result, the AMP share price is currently up a pleasing 5.15% so far today at $1.06 a share. It's this combination that is likely to be behind this extremely elevated trading volume.
