Listing
Total number of listed companies on the main market amounted to 214 at the end of February 2015. Meanwhile, the number of listed companies on Nilex reached 33 at the end of the month.
Two companies were listed this month, with a total capital of US$ 33 million (LE 250 million).
Turnover
Total number of trading days in February 2015 amounted to 20 days, with a total value traded of US$ 4,499 million (LE 33,875 million). Value traded of the main market amounted to US$ 4,299 million (LE 32,374 million), of which shares, bonds and funds represented 72.67%, 27.33% and 0%, respectively. Unlisted securities i.e. Over the Counter trading reached US$ 193 million (LE 1,455 million), which represents 4.29% of total value traded for the month. Additionally, Nilex has recorded a trading value of US$ 6 million (LE 46 million) during the month.
This is in comparison to January 2015, when value traded of the main market amounted to US$ 2,698 million (LE 20,211 million), of which shares represented 66.44%, bonds 33.56% and funds 0%. In addition, the OTC trading amounted to US$ 190 million (LE 1,420 million), i.e. 6.56% of total trading (on- and off-exchange trading), which reached US$ 2,891 million (LE 21,656 million). Additionally, Nilex has recorded a trading value of US$ 3 million (LE 24 million) during the month.
Total volume traded of the main market for this month reached 2,589.06 million securities. Meanwhile, the total volume traded of the OTC market has reached 105.31 million securities. Nilex has recorded a trading volume of 29.12 million securities.
During February 2015, 437,488 transactions were concluded with an average of 21,874 trades per day, as opposed to 476,253 transactions were concluded with an average of 26,458 trades per day, during January 2015.
Indices
EGX 30 index, the official market index, witnessed a decline of 5.17% in February 2015, to close at 9,334.01 points and witnessed a YoY increase of 14.85%
Meanwhile, EGX 70 price index witnessed a decline of 3.22% in February 2015, to close at 558.00 points and witnessed a YoY decline of 14.31%
Moreover, EGX 100 price index witnessed a decline of 2.67% in February 2015, to close at 1114.42 points and witnessed a YoY a decline of 0.42%.
Moreover, EGX 20 Capped index witnessed a decline of 6.94% in February 2015, to close at 10,203.91 points and witnessed a YoY increase of 4.49%.
Additionally, the Dow Jones EGX Egypt Titans 20 index witnessed a decline of 4.54% in February 2015, to close at 1982.52 points and witnessed a YoY increase of 15.79%.
On the other hand, the S&P/EGX ESG index witnessed a decline of 7.08% in February 2015, to close at 1470.95 points and witnessed a YoY increase of 3.38%.
From another perspective, Nile index witnessed a decline of 3.95% in February 2015, to close at 711.46 points and witnessed a YoY decline of 32.24%.
Price Movements of Selected Shares
The ten most active stocks in the main market represented 75.70% of total traded shares' volume and 78.22% of total traded shares' value for this month.
During the month of February the top five gainers, on the main market, were (in descending order of price change) Nozha International Hospital (34.04%), Tourism Urbanization (25.89%), Credit Agricole Egypt (19.11%), Saudi Egyptian Investment & Finance (18%) and Societe Arabe Internationale De Banque (SAIB) (13.57%).
The top five losers were (in ascending order of price change) Sharm Dreams Co. for Tourism Investment (-26.28%), Gharbia Islamic Housing Development (-19.43%), Global Telecom Holding (-18.71%), Modern Shorouk Printing & Packaging (-17.04%) and Belton Financial Holding (-16.92%).
Market Capitalization
Total market capitalization of shares in the main market amounted to US$ 67.88 billion (LE 511.16 billion), as of end of February 2015 compared to US$ 70.33 billion (LE 526.76 billion) in January 2015, representing a decline of 3%. Meanwhile, Market capitalization for the companies listed on Nilex has reached US$ 149.58 million (LE 1.13 billion) at the end of February 2015.
Foreign Participation
In February 2015, foreign investors participated with 47.04% of the value traded of the main market, with a net inflow of portfolio foreign investment totaling US$ 20.04 million (LE 151 million).
