It's turning out to be yet another corker of a day for the ASX share market and the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) so far this Thursday.
At the time of writing, the ASX 200 has lifted by an impressive 1.25% to back above 7,280 points.
But let's take a deeper dig into these pleasing market machinations by taking stock of the shares currently topping the ASX 200's share trading volume charts, according to investing.com.
The 3 most traded ASX 200 shares by volume this Thursday
Core Lithium Ltd (ASX: CXO)
First up today is the ASX 200 lithium producer Core Lithium. So far today, a sizeable 9.84 million of this company's shares have been traded on the markets. There have been no big announcements out of Core Lithium today.
So we can probably put this volume down to what is happening with the company's shares themselves. Core Lithium shares have been bouncing around a little bit today. But the company is still up by a decent 1.02% at $1.19 a share. It got as high as $1.22 earlier in the session.
Whitehaven Coal Ltd (ASX: WHC)
Next up is the ASX 200 energy share Whitehaven coal. This Thursday has had a notable 11.24 million Whteihaven shares find a new home thus far. We haven't heard anything out of Whitehaven recently either.
However, that hasn't stopped this coal miner from enduring a nasty slump today. Bucking the broader market, Whitehaven shares are currently down by a nasty 2.1% at $8.66, after dipping as low as $8.33 this morning. This loss is probably to blame for the high volumes we are seeing.
Pilbara Minerals Ltd (ASX: PLS)
Finally today, we have another ASX 200 lithium share, the popular Pilbara Minerals. A hefty 20.64 million Pilbara shares have been bought and sold over this Thursday's session as it currently stands. This looks like a consequence of the big push higher that the Pilbara share price is presently experiencing.
The leading lithium share is currently up by a whopping 3.64% to $4.12 each. As my Fool colleague touched on earlier today, this looks like a response to a big night over on the US markets for lithium stocks last night, as well as some love from ASX broker Citi.
