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Listing
Total number of listed companies on the main market amounted to 222 at the end of August 2017. Meanwhile, the number of listed companies on Nilex reached 32 at the end of the month.
No companies were listed this month.
Turnover
Total number of trading days in August 2017 amounted to 22 days, with a total value traded of US$ 925.70 million (LE 16,343.23 million). Value traded of the main market amounted to US$ 883.66 million (LE 15,601.03 million), of which shares, bonds and funds represented 92%, 8% and 0%, respectively. Unlisted securities i.e. Over the Counter trading reached US$ 40.52 million (LE 715.44 million), which represents 4.38% of total value traded for the month. Additionally, Nilex has recorded a trading value of US$ 1.52 million (LE 26.77 million) during the month.
This is in comparison to July 2017, when value traded of the main market amounted to US$ 1,045.07 million (LE 18,692.71 million), of which shares represented 90.12%, bonds 9.88% and funds 0%. In addition, the OTC trading amounted to US$ 44.86 million (LE 802.35 million), i.e. 4.11% of total trading (on- and off-exchange trading), which reached US$ 1,092.45 million (LE 19,540.08 million). Additionally, Nilex has recorded a trading value of US$ 1.49 million (LE 27.00 million) during the month.
Total volume traded of the main market for this month reached 4,735.02 million securities. Meanwhile, the total volume traded of the OTC market has reached 88.79 million securities. Nilex has recorded a trading volume of 30.72 million securities.
During August 2017, 478,780 transactions were concluded with an average of 21,763 trades per day, as opposed to 494,074 transactions were concluded with an average of 23,527 trades per day, during July 2017.
Indices
EGX 30 index, the official market index, witnessed a decrease of 0.03% in August 2017, to close at 13,415.77 points and witnessed a YoY increase of 64.45%.
Meanwhile, EGX 70 price index witnessed a decrease of 1% in August 2017, to close at 692.55 points and witnessed a YoY increase of 93.74%.
Moreover, EGX 100 price index witnessed a decrease of 1.47% in August 2017, to close at 1,564.95 points and witnessed a YoY increase of 93.80%.
Moreover, EGX 20 Capped index witnessed a decrease of 0.22% in August 2017, to close at 11,911.05 points and witnessed a YoY increase of 44.26%.
Additionally, the Dow Jones EGX Egypt Titans 20 index witnessed a decrease of 0.95% in August 2017, to close at 2,820.84 points and witnessed a YoY increase of 62.60%.
On the other hand, the S&P/EGX ESG index witnessed an increase of 0.60% in August 2017, to close at 1,945.94 points and witnessed a YoY increase of 78.54%.
Furthermore, the EGX50 EWI index witnessed a decrease of 1.47% in August 2017, to close at 2045.61 points and witnessed a YoY increase of 48.20%.
From another perspective, Nile index witnessed a decrease of 5.76% in August 2017, to close at 482.03 points and witnessed a YoY decrease of 26.50%.
Price Movements of Selected Shares
The ten most active stocks in the main market represented 77.08% of total traded shares' volume and 44.29% of total traded shares' value for this month.
During the month of August, the top five gainers, in the main market, were (in descending order of price change) Universal for Paper and Packaging Materials (Unipack) (87.62%), Modern Shorouk Printing & Packaging (55.06%), Reacap Financial Investments (49.37%), Egypt Aluminum (38.24%) and Rowad Tourism (Al Rowad) (36.03%).
The top five losers, in the main market, were (in ascending order of price change) Misr Cement (Qena) (-20.33%), Suez Bags (-20.27%), El Ezz Porcelain (Gemma) (-19.38%), South Cairo & Giza Mills & Bakeries (-19.31%) and Egyptian Real Estate Group-Bearer Shares (-16.92%).
Market Capitalization
Total market capitalization of shares in the main market amounted to US$ 39.93 billion (LE 705.01 billion), as of end of August 2017 compared to US$ 39.45 billion (LE 705.63 billion) in July 2017, representing a decline of 0.09%. Meanwhile, Market capitalization for the companies listed on Nilex has reached US$ 63.16 million (LE 1.12 billion) at the end of August 2017.
Foreign Participation
In August 2017, foreign investors participated with 27.50% of the value traded of the main market, with a net inflow of portfolio foreign investment totaling US$ 48.57 million (LE 857.57 million).
