Listing
Total number of listed companies on the main market amounted to 213 at the end of October 2014. Meanwhile, the number of listed companies on Nilex reached 28 at the end of the month.
One company was listed this month, with a total capital of US$ 126.6 million (LE 904.2 million). Meanwhile, two companies were listed on Nilex this month, with a total capital of US$ 2.7 million (LE 19 million).
Turnover
Total number of trading days in October 2014 amounted to 19 days, with a total value traded of US$ 2,358 million (LE 16,835 million). Value traded of the main market amounted to US$ 2,145 million (LE 15,312 million), of which shares, bonds and funds represented 80.40%, 19.60% and 0%, respectively. Unlisted securities i.e. Over the Counter trading reached US$ 207 million (LE 1,481 million), which represents 8.80% of total value traded for the month. Additionally, Nilex has recorded a trading value of US$ 6 million (LE 42 million) during the month.
This is in comparison to September 2014, when value traded of the main market amounted to US$ 2,356 million (LE 16,820 million), of which shares represented 93.18%, bonds 6.82% and funds 0%. In addition, the OTC trading amounted to US$ 147 million (LE 1,051 million), i.e. 5.86% of total trading (on- and off-exchange trading), which reached US$ 2,510 million (LE 17,925 million). Additionally, Nilex has recorded a trading value of US$ 7 million (LE 53 million) during the month.
Total volume traded of the main market for this month reached 3,310.94 million securities. Meanwhile, the total volume traded of the OTC market has reached 66.53 million securities. Nilex has recorded a trading volume of 13.31 million securities.
During October 2014, 539,261 transactions were concluded with an average of 28,382 trades per day, as opposed to 536,999 transactions were concluded with an average of 24,409 trades per day, during September 2014.
Indices
EGX 30 index, the official market index, witnessed a decline of 7.09% in October 2014, to close at 9115.63 points and witnessed a YoY increase of 47.46%
Meanwhile, EGX 70 price index witnessed a decline of 4.30% in October 2014, to close at 609.9 points and witnessed a YoY increase of 18.06%
Moreover, EGX 100 price index witnessed a decline of 4.97% in October 2014, to close at 1109.94 points and witnessed a YoY increase of 27.96%.
Moreover, EGX 20 Capped index witnessed a decline of 8.58% in October 2014, to close at 10510.85 points and witnessed a YoY increase of 45.18%.
Additionally, the Dow Jones EGX Egypt Titans 20 index witnessed a decline of 6.59% in October 2014, to close at 1932.91 points and witnessed a YoY increase of 43.24%.
On the other hand, the S&P/EGX ESG index witnessed a decline of 5.65% in October 2014, to close at 1625.13 points and witnessed a YoY increase of 60.75%.
From another perspective, Nile index witnessed a decline of 6.65% in October 2014, to close at 810.68 points and witnessed a YoY decline of 25.63%.
Price Movements of Selected Shares
The ten most active stocks in the main market represented 73.26% of total traded shares' volume and 54.03% of total traded shares' value for this month.
During the month of October, the top five gainers, on the main market, were (in descending order of price change) AJWA for Food Industries Company - Egypt (50.00%), Golden Coast Company (38.37%), Sharm Dreams Co. for Tourism Investment (33.55%), Egyptian Transport (EGYTRANS) (28.46%) and Zahraa Maadi Investment & Development (27.37%)
The top five losers were (in ascending order of price change) G.M.C. Group for Industrial Commercial & Financial Investments (-96.77%), Egyptian Arabian (cmar) Securities Brokerage EAC (-25.95%), Rights Issue of Six of October Development & Investment-Sodic (-25.38%), El Ahli Investment and Development (-19.50%) and Marsa Marsa Alam for Tourism Development (-19.44%).
Market Capitalization
Total market capitalization of shares in the main market amounted to US$ 70.62 billion (LE 504.23 billion), as of end of October 2014 compared to US$ 73.70 billion (LE 526.21 billion) in September 2014, representing a decline of 4.18%. Meanwhile, Market capitalization for the companies listed on Nilex has reached US$ 159.41 million (LE 1.14 billion) at the end of October 2014.
The bond capitalization recorded US$ 209.43 million (LE 1.50 billion) for corporate bonds and US$ 66.25 billion (LE 473.05 billion) for government bonds at the end of October 2014 (Treasury Bonds according to Primary Dealers System). Meanwhile, the market capitalization of the Public Juristic Entities bonds amounted to US$ 700.27 million (LE 5 billion) at the end of October 2014.
Foreign Participation
In October 2014, foreign investors participated with 22.09% of the value traded of the main market, with a net inflow of portfolio foreign investment totaling US$ 60.93 million (LE 435.01 million).