The S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) has had a rather weird, yet overall positive, day of trading at this point on Thursday.
After initially plunging soon after market open this morning, the ASX 200 has staged a recovery over the session, and is currently up by 0.2% at the time of writing, putting the Index at just over 7,320 points.
Let's hope this optimism holds. But whilst we wait and see, let's now take stock of the shares that are currently topping the ASX 200's share trading volume charts right now, according to investing.com.
The 3 most traded ASX 200 shares by volume this Thursday
Telstra Group Ltd (ASX: TLS)
First up this Thursday is the ASX 200 telco Telstra. So far this session, a decent 14.88 million Telstra shares have been phoned in for trading. We haven't had any fresh news from Telstra for more than a week. So this volume is the probable consequence of the company's share price movements today.
So far this session, Telstra has had a bumpy but positive movement. The telco's shares are presently up a healthy 0.73% at $4.15 each but have bounced between $4.13 and $4.17 over the trading day. It's probably this bouncing around which is eliciting the share volumes on display here.
South32 Ltd (ASX: S32)
Next up is the ASX 200 mining share South32, with a chunky 15.1 million shares having been exchanged on the share market at this point. This could be an after-effect of South32 going ex-dividend this morning.
As we dug into earlier, the resources giant has cut off eligibility for its upcoming dividend payment today, with the South32 share price falling by a notable 1.3% as a result. It could be this drop that is responsible for South32's presence here today.
Pilbara Minerals Ltd (ASX: PLS)
Finally today, we have the ASX 200 lithium leader Pilbara Minerals. This Thursday has seen a sizeable 18.26 million Pilbara shares change hands as it currently stands. There haven't been any developments out of this company itself this Thursday.
But that hasn't held back investors from giving the Pilbara share price, alongside most other ASX lithium shares, a 4.02% boost so far to $4.26 a share. It's this gain that has probably resulted in Pilbara's position on the top of this list today.
