- Total Value of Shares Traded reached SR 1,369.67 billion
- 28.97 million Transactions were executed during the year 2013
At the end of the year 2013 Tadawul All Share Index (TASI) closed at a level of 8,535.60 points compared to 6,801.22 points for the previous year, gained 1,734.38 points (25.50%). The highest close level for the index (TASI) during the year was 8,561.84 points as on 23rd of December.
The total Market Capitalization at the end of the year 2013 reached SR 1,752.86 billion (US$ 467.43 billion), increasing by 25.17% as compared to the end of the previous year.
The total Value of Shares Traded for the year 2013 reached SR 1,369.67 billion (US$ 365.25 billion) compared to SR 1,929.32 billion (US$ 514.49 billion) for the previous year, decreasing by 29.01%.
The total number of Transactions executed during the year 2013 reached 28.97 million compared to 42.12 million trades for the previous year, decreasing by 31.20%.
The total number of Shares Traded* for the year 2013 reached 52.50 billion compared to 83.28 billion shares traded during the previous year, decreasing by 36.96%.
The Daily Average Number of Transactions executed during the year 2013 reached 116.81 thousand trades compared to 167.75 thousand trades during the previous year, decreasing by 30.37%.
The Daily Average Value of Shares Traded during the year 2013 reached SR 5,522.85 million compared to SR 7,686.53 million for the previous year, decreasing by 28.15%.
The Daily Average Number of Shares Traded during the year 2013 reached 211.70 million shares compared to 331.80 million shares traded during the previous year, decreasing by 36.20%.
Sectoral Activities:
In term of number of transactions during the year 2013, the Insurance sector was the most active sector with 8.31 million trades that represent 28.69% of the total trades during the year, followed by the Retail sector with 2.56 million trades that represent 8.82% and Petrochemical Industries sector with 2.46 million trades or 8.50% of the total trades executed during the year 2013.
The Insurance sector led the market in term of value of shares traded during the year 2013 amounting to SR 266.84 billion that represent 19.48% of the total value traded, followed by the Petrochemical Industries sector with SR 196.36 billion that represent 14.34% and the Real Estate Development sector SR 147.94 billion or 10.80% of the total value traded during the year 2013.
In term of number of shares traded (adjusted), the Real Estate Development sector was the most active sector during the year 2013, the number of shares traded for the sector reached 11.05 billion shares that represent 21.05% of the total volume traded during the year, followed by the Banking & Financial Services Sector with a volume of 6.43 billion shares that represent 12.25% and the Insurance Sector with 6.40 billion shares traded or 12.18% of the total shares traded during the year 2013.
Stock Activities:
With respect to stocks activity during the year 2013, Northern Cement led the market in term of number of transactions with 1,427.18 thousand trades, followed by Care and SABIC with 962.32 and 941.77 thousand transactions respectively.
SABIC was the market leader in term of value of shares traded during the year 2013 and has posted a turnover of SR 102.80 billion. The two other most active stocks were Alinma Bank and Dar Al Arkan that posted a value of SR 70.22 billion and SR 47.25 billion respectively.
In term of number of shares traded during the year 2013, Dar Al Arkan topped the list with 5.04 billion shares traded during the year, followed by Alinma Bank and Zain KSA with a volume of 5.02 and 3.76 billion shares respectively.
Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) Summary - 2013
Five companies offered parts of its shares to public (IPOs) during the year 2013. These companies represent Cement, Retail, Insurance and Building & Construction sectors. At the end of the year the total number of listed companies reached 163.
The total offered value reached SR 1.96 billion and 134.25 million shares were offered for all IPOs during the year 2013.
At the end of the year 2013 the market capitalization of the listed IPOs companies reached SR 12.81 billion that represent 0.73% of the total market capitalization.
* Historical prices & volume traded data are adjusted to account for all corporate actions during the year.
Numbers of trading days during 2013 were 248 days, against 251 trading days during 2012.
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