The S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) is sinking lower over this Wednesday's trading session thus far today, giving investors a mid-week slump. At the time of writing, the ASX 200 has dropped by 0.35% to just around the 6,600 points mark.
But let's not allow that to get us down. So instead of dwelling on the market's falls, let's check out the ASX 200 shares that are currently topping the share market's trading volume charts today, according to investing.com.
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The 3 most traded ASX 200 shares by volume this Wednesday
Scentre Group (ASX: SCG)
ASX 200 real estate investment trust (REIT) Scentre Group is first up this Wednesday. A sizeable 12.52 million Scentre shares have changed hands as it currently stands. We haven't had any news out of Scentre either.
But the Westfield operator seems to be having the opposite problem to our next share. In defiance of the broader market, Scentre shares have lifted by a pleasing 3.05% to $2.70 a unit at the time of writing. It's likely this lift that is behind Scentre's elevated trading volume.
Pilbara Minerals Ltd (ASX: PLS)
Our next ASX 200 share today is lithium producer Pilbara Minerals. This ASX lithium stock has had a notable 12.64 million shares swap owners on the share market this Wednesday thus far. There's been no news out of the company today.
However, that has not stopped the Pilbara share price from taking a nasty tumble. The company is currently down by a nasty 4.2% at $2.16 a share. It's this fall that is probably responsible for the volumes we are seeing.
South32 Ltd (ASX: S32)
Our third, final, and most traded ASX 200 share today is diversified mining company South32. South32 has had a hefty 22.96 million of its shares bought and sold on the share market. This has almost certainly been caused by the collapse in the South32 share price that we've seen this Wednesday.
South32 shares are presently down by a nasty 7.66% at $3.56 each. As my Fool colleague James covered this morning, this seems to be the result of a pullback in global commodity prices we've seen over the past 24 hours or so.
