Here are the 3 most heavily traded ASX 200 shares on Wednesday

A gold miner is topping the ASX's most traded share right now.

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Published December 14, 2022 3:30 pm AEDT

The S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) is backing up the gains that we saw yesterday with another positive day for the share market so far this Wednesday.

At the time of writing, the ASX 200 Index has added another 0.56%, which lifts the index up to just over 7,240 points.

But let's now delve deeper into these pleasing gains this Wednesday by taking a look at the ASX 200 shares currently at the top of the share market's trading volume charts, according to investing.com.

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The 3 most traded ASX 200 shares by volume this Wednesday

Endeavour Group Ltd (ASX: EDV)

First up today is an ASX 200 share we don't see too often on this list. Drinks company Endeavour Group has seen a notable 13.66 million of its shares change hands at this point of the session.

Sadly for investors, this seems to be a consequence of the large share price falls this company has endured today. Endeavour shares are presently down by a nasty 4.93% to $6.37 each.

As we covered this morning, this seems to be in response to news that Endeavour's old owner Woolworths Group Ltd (ASX: WOW) has offloaded a significant chunk of the shares it had retained.

Woolworths has sold a 5.5% stake in Endeavour for an average price of $6.46 per share. Even though Woollies still retains a 9.1% ownership stake, this has still clearly rattled investors.

Core Lithium Ltd (ASX: CXO)

Next up this Wednesday, we have ASX 200 lithium share Core Lithium. Today's session has seen a meaty 14.02 million Core shares called in thus far. We haven't had any news out of Core itself today. But that hasn't stopped the shares from going on a bit of a run.

The Core Lithium share price has lifted a healthy 1.94% at this point of the day to $1.16 a share. It's probably this buying pressure that has resulted in so many shares flying around.

St Barbara Ltd (ASX: SBM)

Our third and final ASX 200 share for this Wednesday's trading day is the gold miner St Barbara. We've had a whopping 39.82 million St Barbara shares bought and sold so far today. And it's not hard to see why.

St Barbara shares have returned to trading today after going through a trading halt for the last few days. The company has revealed its plans to merge with fellow gold miner Genesis Minerals Ltd (ASX: GMD).

Investors are over the moon at this news, judging by the fact that the St Barbara share price has rocketed a massive 14.84% so far today to 74 cents a share. This is almost certainly why St Barbara is topping today's most-traded ASX 200 shares.

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