On the last day of the month the General Price Index was 535.21 points. The highest level that the Index reached for the month was 556.88 points. On a sectoral level, sub-indices reached the following points: Banking sector 654.15%, Approval Investment companies sector 363.47%, Insurance companies sector 384.88%, Manufacturing sector 183.54%, Tourism sector 473.69%, Trading sector 214.06% and the Other Companies sector 583.64%.
The total market capitalisation (shares) reached CYP9,919 billion from CYP10,037 billion the previous month registering a decrease of 1.17%. According to this months results the Banking sector accounted for 59.93% of the total market capitalisation, the Miscellaneous Companies sector 16.67%, the Tourism sector 7.02%, the Trading sector 5.62%, the Manufacturing sector 4.17%, the Approved Investment Companies sector 5.63% and the insurance sector 0.97% respectively of the total market capitalisation. The total market capitalisation including the Corporate and Government bonds declined to CYP11,635 billion compared to CYP11,757 billion the previous month registering a decrease of 10.4%.
The total value of transactions during the month in review reached CYP750 million with an average of CYP34 million per trading session. The Miscellaneous sector contributed 40.58% of the total value traded which was the highest, whereas Government Bonds had the lowest contribution with 0.01%.
Investors primarily focussed their interest on the shares of Louis Cruise Lines Ltd. and the L.K. Globalsoft Co. Ltd. with 10.0% and 8.22% respectively.
