Prices
The last day of the month General Price Index was 224.42 points. It is worthy to mention, however, that the highest level that the index reached for the month was 243.37 points. On a sectoral level, sub-indices reached the following points: Banking sector 235.67, Approval Investment companies sector 219.54, Insurance companies sector 92.78, Manufacturing sector 84.86. Tourism sector 150.72, Trading sector 56.38, the Other Companies sector 267.57, Building Materials and Construction sector 68.45, Information Technology 64.43, Financial Services 45.82, Fish Culture 85.35, and finally Hotels with 98.36 points.
Market Capitalization
The total market capitalisation (shares) reached £6,489 billion from £7,115 billion the previous month registering a decrease of 6.56%. According to this month results the Banking sector accounted for 37.87% of the total market capitalisation, the Miscellaneous Companies sector 12.30%, and the Tourism sector 3.49%. The Trading sector 4.20%, the Manufacturing sector 5.91%, the Approved Investment Companies sector 7.79%, the Insurance sector 1.04%, the Building and Materials and Construction sector 3.24%, the Information Technology sector 9.94%, the Financial Services sector 5.73%, the Fish Culture sector 0.83%, and finally Hotels sector with 7.66% respectively, of the total market capitalisation. Moreover the total market capitalisation including the Corporate and Government bonds decrease to £7,666 billion compared to £8,296 billion at the previous month registering a decrease of 7.59%.
Transactions
The total value of transactions during the month in review reached £213 million with an average of £9,6 million per trading session. The Bank sector contributed 15.52% of the total value traded, which was the highest, whereas the Government Bonds had the lowest contribution with 0.59%.
Investors primarily focused their interest on the shares of Bank of Cyprus Ltd and L.K.Globalsoft.Com Ltd with 9.84% and 7.13% respectively.
