Listing
Total number of listed companies on the main market amounted to 211 at the end of February 2013. Meanwhile, the number of listed companies on Nilex reached 22 at the end of the month.
There were no new listed companies this month.
Turnover
Total number of trading days in February 2013 amounted to 20 days with a total value traded of US$ 1,847.51 million (LE 12,434.51 million). Value traded of the main market amounted to US$ 1,742.77 million (LE 11,729.52 million), of which shares, bonds and funds represented 59.67%, 40.33% and 0%, respectively. Unlisted securities i.e. Over the Counter trading reached US$ 101.34 million (LE 682.08 million), which represents 5.49% of total value traded for the month. Additionally, Nilex has recorded a trading value of US$ 3.40 million (LE 22.91 million) during the month.
This is in comparison to January 2013, when value traded of the main market amounted to US$ 1,582.89 million (LE 10,576.87 million), of which shares represented 88.58%, bonds 11.42% and funds 0%. In addition, the OTC trading amounted to US$ 110.96 million (LE 741.42 million), i.e. 6.54% of total trading (on- and off-exchange trading), which reached US$ 1,697.43 million (LE 11,342.24 million). Additionally, Nilex has recorded a trading value of US$ 3.58 million (LE 23.95 million) during the month.
Total volume traded of the main market for this month reached 2,253.78 million securities. Meanwhile, the total volume traded of the OTC market has reached 41.82 million securities. Nilex has recorded a trading volume of 10.90 million securities.
During February 2013, 414,194 transactions were concluded with an average of 20,710 trades per day, as opposed to 465,449 transactions and an average of 23,272 trades per day in January 2013.
Indices
EGX 30 index, the official market index, witnessed a decline of 2.09% in February 2013 to reach 5489.46 points and witnessed a YoY increase of 2.61%.
Meanwhile, EGX 70 price index witnessed an increase of 1.22% in February 2013 to reach 471.22 points and witnessed a YoY decline of 8.69%.
Moreover, EGX 100 price index witnessed an increase of 0.80% in February 2013 to reach 796.55 points and witnessed a YoY decline of 8.26%.
Moreover, EGX 20 Capped index witnessed a decline of 0.69% in February 2013 to reach 6422.94 points and witnessed a YoY increase of 1.28%.
Additionally, the Dow Jones EGX Egypt Titans 20 index witnessed a decline of 2.30% in February, to close at 1216.87 points and witnessed a YoY increase of 2.81%.
On the other hand, the S&P/EGX ESG index witnessed a decline of 1.88% in February, to close at 898.3 points and witnessed a YoY increase of 6.04%.
Price Movements of Selected Shares
The ten most active stocks in the main market represented 52.61% of the total value & 71.16% of the total volume of shares traded for the month.
During the month of February, the top five gainers, on the main market, were (in descending order of price change) Atlas for Land Reclamation and Agricultural Processing (+154.9%), Cairo Investment & Real Estate Development (+39.68%), Egyptian Real Estate Group (+30.69%), Canal Shipping Agencies (+27.46%) and El Watany Bank of Egypt (+22.58%).
The top five losers were (in ascending order of price change) Marsa Marsa Alam for Tourism Development (-16.58%), North Africa Co. for Real Estate Investment (-15.40%), El Wadi Co. for Touristic Investment (-12.84%), Nile Pharmaceuticals (-12.74%) and Egyptian Real Estate Group-Bearer Shares (-11.60%).
Market Capitalization
Total market capitalization of shares in the main market amounted to US$ 55.60 billion (LE 374.20 billion) as of end of February 2013 compared to US$ 56.40 billion (LE 376.89 billion) in January 2013, representing a decline of 0.7%. Meanwhile, Market capitalization for the companies listed on Nilex has reached US$ 152.44 million (LE 1.03 billion) at the end of February 2013.
The bond capitalization recorded US$ 683.13 million (LE 4.60 billion) for corporate bonds and US$ 45.90 billion (LE 308.93 billion) for government bonds at the end of February 2013 (Treasury Bonds according to Primary Dealers System). Meanwhile, the market capitalization of the Public Juristic Entities bonds amounted to US$ 742.90 million (LE 5 billion) at the end of February 2013.
Foreign Participation
In February 2013, foreign investors participated with 17.09% of the value traded of the main market, with a net outflow of portfolio foreign investment totaling US$ 27.87 million (LE 187.61 million).