Listing
Total number of listed companies on the main market amounted to 214 at the end of September 2014. Meanwhile, the number of listed companies on Nilex reached 26 at the end of the month.
One company was listed on Nilex this month, with a total capital of US$ 3.7 million (LE 26.5 million).
Turnover
Total number of trading days in September 2014 amounted to 22 days, with a total value traded of US$ 2,510 million (LE 17,925 million). Value traded of the main market amounted to US$ 2,356 million (LE 16,820 million), of which shares, bonds and funds represented 93.18%, 6.82% and 0%, respectively. Unlisted securities i.e. Over the Counter trading reached US$ 147 million (LE 1,051 million), which represents 5.86% of total value traded for the month. Additionally, Nilex has recorded a trading value of US$ 7 million (LE 53 million) during the month.
This is in comparison to August 2014, when value traded of the main market amounted to US$ 2,942 million (LE 21,009 million), of which shares represented 77.42%, bonds 22.58% and funds 0%. In addition, the OTC trading amounted to US$ 81 million (LE 580 million), i.e. 2.68% of total trading (on- and off-exchange trading), which reached US$ 3,031 million (LE 21,641 million). Additionally, Nilex has recorded a trading value of US$ 7 million (LE 52 million) during the month.
Total volume traded of the main market for this month reached 3,130.45 million securities. Meanwhile, the total volume traded of the OTC market has reached 154.26 million securities. Nilex has recorded a trading volume of 20.89 million securities.
During September 2014, 536,999 transactions were concluded with an average of 24,409 trades per day, as opposed to 617,015 transactions were concluded with an average of 29,382 trades per day, during August 2014.
Indices
EGX 30 index, the official market index, witnessed an increase of 3.86% in September 2014, to close at 9811.4 points and witnessed a YoY increase of 74.56%
Meanwhile, EGX 70 price index witnessed a decline of 3.50% in September 2014, to close at 637.3 points and witnessed a YoY increase of 31.09%
Moreover, EGX 100 price index witnessed a decline of 0.19% in September 2014, to close at 1167.93 points and witnessed a YoY increase of 43.96%.
Moreover, EGX 20 Capped index witnessed an increase of 1.31% in September 2014, to close at 11496.74 points and witnessed a YoY increase of 74.47 %.
Additionally, the Dow Jones EGX Egypt Titans 20 index witnessed an increase of 4.44% in September 2014, to close at 2069.16 points and witnessed a YoY increase of 68.09%.
On the other hand, the S&P/EGX ESG index witnessed a decline of 1.36% in September 2014, to close at 1722.53 points and witnessed a YoY increase of 83.97%.
From another perspective, Nile index witnessed an increase of 6.01% in September 2014, to close at 868.47 points and witnessed a YoY decline of 11.02%.
Price Movements of Selected Shares
The ten most active stocks in the main market represented 69.14% of total traded shares' volume and 52.43% of total traded shares' value for this month.
During the month of September, the top five gainers, on the main market, were (in descending order of price change) Saudi Egyptian Investment & Finance (96.19%), Belton Financial Holding (69.56%), Alexandria Containers and Goods (52.3%), Egyptian Arabian (cmar) Securities Brokerage EAC (40.86%) and Pyramisa Hotels (28.09%)
The top five losers were (in ascending order of price change) National Real Estate Bank for Development (-25.67%), Suez Canal Bank (-24.03%), Egyptian Real Estate Group - Bearer Shares (-18.47%), Ismailia Development and Real Estate Co. (-16.75%) and Asek Company for Mining - Ascom (-15.81%).
Market Capitalization
Total market capitalization of shares in the main market amounted to US$ 73.70 billion (LE 526.21 billion), as of end of September 2014 compared to US$ 73.37 billion (LE 523.88 billion) in August 2014, representing an increase of 0.45%. Meanwhile, Market capitalization for the companies listed on Nilex has reached US$ 163.39 million (LE 1.17 billion) at the end of September 2014.
The bond capitalization recorded US$ 209.43 million (LE 1.50 billion) for corporate bonds and US$ 65.03 billion (LE 464.34 billion) for government bonds at the end of September 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 September 2014.
Foreign Participation
In September 2014, foreign investors participated with 25.96% of the value traded of the main market, with a net inflow of portfolio foreign investment totaling US$ 55.78 million (LE 398.30 million).