The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) Monthly Statistical Report May 2013

Total number of listed companies on the main market amounted to 211 at the end of May 2013. Meanwhile, the number of listed companies on Nilex reached 24 at the end of the month.

Two companies were listed on Nilex this month, with a total capital of US$ 1.29 million (LE 9 million).

Total number of trading days in May 2013 amounted to 19 days with a total value traded of US$ 1,432 million (LE 9,988.61 million). Value traded of the main market amounted to US$ 1,301.78 million (LE 9,080.27 million), of which shares, bonds and funds represented 60.69%, 39.31% and 0%, respectively. Unlisted securities i.e. Over the Counter trading reached US$ 127.87 million (LE 891.97 million), which represents 8.93% of total value traded for the month. Additionally, Nilex has recorded a trading value of US$ 2.35 million (LE 16.37 million) during the month.

This is in comparison to April 2013, when value traded of the main market amounted to US$ 1,131.53 million (LE 7,835.28 million), of which shares represented 72.56%, bonds 27.44% and funds 0%. In addition, the OTC trading amounted to US$ 152.72 million (LE 1,057.51 million), i.e. 11.88% of total trading (on- and off-exchange trading), which reached US$ 1,285.68 million (LE 8,902.71 million). Additionally, Nilex has recorded a trading value of US$ 1.43 million (LE 9.92 million) during the month.

Total volume traded of the main market for this month reached 1,196.01 million securities. Meanwhile, the total volume traded of the OTC market has reached 56.73 million securities. Nilex has recorded a trading volume of 6.27 million securities.

During May 2013, 265,475 transactions were concluded with an average of 13,972 trades per day, as opposed to 324,608 transactions and an average of 15,458 trades per day in April 2013.

EGX 30 index, the official market index, witnessed an increase of 4.66% in May 2013 to reach 5438.77 points and witnessed a YoY increase of 16.05%.

Meanwhile, EGX 70 price index witnessed a decline of 1.85% in May 2013 to reach 440.46 points and witnessed a YoY increase of 7.79%.

Moreover, EGX 100 price index witnessed a decline of 0.55% in May 2013 to reach 741.58 points and witnessed a YoY increase of 1.26%.

Moreover, EGX 20 Capped index witnessed an increase of 2.58% in May 2013 to reach 6140.76 points and witnessed a YoY increase of 15%.

Additionally, the Dow Jones EGX Egypt Titans 20 index witnessed an increase of 5.17% in May, to close at 1205.21 points and witnessed a YoY increase of 16.31%.

On the other hand, the S&P/EGX ESG index witnessed an increase of 1.50% in May, to close at 859 points and witnessed a YoY increase of 16.73%.

The ten most active stocks in the main market represented 64.8% of the total value & 70.01% of the total volume of shares traded for the month.

During the month of May, the top five gainers, on the main market, were (in descending order of price change) Juhayna Food Industries (+28.83%), Atlas for Land Reclamation and Agricultural Processing (+20.95%), Commercial International Bank (Egypt) (+19.88%), Asek Company for Mining - Ascom (+14.97%) and Grand Investment Capital (+14.72%).

The top five losers were (in ascending order of price change) Egyptian Kuwaiti Holding (-22.22%), Egyptians for Investment & Urban Development (-20.92%), North Africa Co. for Real Estate Investment (-15.72%), Egyptian Financial Group-Hermes Holding Company (-12.06%) and Modern Company for Water Proofing (Bitumode) (-11.43%).

Total market capitalization of shares in the main market amounted to US$ 51.82 billion (LE 361.44 billion) as of end of May 2013 compared to US$ 51.34 billion (LE 355.53 billion) in April 2013, representing an increase of 1.66%. Meanwhile, Market capitalization for the companies listed on Nilex has reached US$ 143.87 million (LE 1 billion) at the end of May 2013.

The bond capitalization recorded US$ 664.73 million (LE 4.64 billion) for corporate bonds and US$ 43.46 billion (LE 303.12 billion) for government bonds at the end of May 2013 (Treasury Bonds according to Primary Dealers System). Meanwhile, the market capitalization of the Public Juristic Entities bonds amounted to US$ 716.82 million (LE 5 billion) at the end of May 2013.

In May 2013, foreign investors participated with 21.20% of the value traded of the main market, with a net inflow of portfolio foreign investment totaling US$ 8.14 million (LE 56.79 million).