The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) Monthly Statistical Report September 2015

Listing

Total number of listed companies on the main market amounted to 220 at the end of September 2015. Meanwhile, the number of listed companies on Nilex reached 31 at the end of the month.

No companies were listed this month

Total number of trading days in September 2015 amounted to 19 days, with a total value traded of US$ 3,362.96 million (LE 25,996.04 million). Value traded of the main market amounted to US$ 3,078.05 million (LE 23,793.64 million), of which shares, bonds and funds represented 30.58%, 69.42% and 0%, respectively. Unlisted securities i.e. Over the Counter trading reached US$ 279.74 million (LE 2,162.43 million), which represents 8.32% of total value traded for the month. Additionally, Nilex has recorded a trading value of US$ 5.17 million (LE 39.96 million) during the month.

This is in comparison to August 2015, when value traded of the main market amounted to US$ 2,420.52 million (LE 18,710.89 million), of which shares represented 50.37%, bonds 49.63% and funds 0%. In addition, the OTC trading amounted to US$ 189.18 million (LE 1,462.39 million), i.e. 7.23% of total trading (on- and off-exchange trading), which reached US$ 2,617.06 million (LE 20,230.16 million). Additionally, Nilex has recorded a trading value of US$ 7.36 million (LE 56.88 million) during the month.

Total volume traded of the main market for this month reached 3,066.43 million securities. Meanwhile, the total volume traded of the OTC market has reached 168.50 million securities. Nilex has recorded a trading volume of 28.86 million securities.

During September 2015, 328,489 transactions were concluded with an average of 17,288 trades per day, as opposed to 444,859 transactions were concluded with an average of 21,184 trades per day, during August 2015.

EGX 30 index, the official market index, witnessed an increase of 1.11% in September 2015, to close at 7332.88 points and witnessed a YoY a decline of 25.26%. 

Meanwhile, EGX 70 price index witnessed a decline of 1.01% in September 2015, to close at 388.42 points and witnessed a YoY decline of 39.05%.

Moreover, EGX 100 price index witnessed an increase of 1.19% in September 2015, to close at 844.61 points and witnessed a YoY decline of 27.68%.

Moreover, EGX 20 Capped index witnessed a decline of 1.62% in September 2015, to close at 6946.8 points and witnessed a YoY decline of 39.58%.

Additionally, the Dow Jones EGX Egypt Titans 20 index witnessed an increase of 0.63% in September 2015, to close at 1545.04 points and witnessed a YoY decline of 25.33%.

On the other hand, the S&P/EGX ESG index witnessed a decline of 3.36% in September 2015, to close at 1034.37 points and witnessed a YoY decline of 39.95%.

From another perspective, Nile index witnessed a decline of 0.29% in September 2015, to close at 622.87 points and witnessed a YoY decline of 28.28%.

The ten most active stocks in the main market represented 78.13% of total traded shares' volume and 58.00% 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) Natural Gas & Mining Project (Egypt Gas) (43.98%), North Africa Co. for Real Estate Investment (38.92%), Alexandria Containers and Goods (31.34%), Alexandria New Medical Center (26.26%) and Upper Egypt Flour Mills (22.98%).

The top five losers, on the main market, were (in ascending order of price change) Egyptian Real Estate Group (-21.3%), Arabian Cement Company (-13.87%), Amer Group Holding (-10.47%), The Arab Dairy Products Co. ARAB DAIRY (-9.83%) and El Orouba Securities Brokerage (-9.78%).

Total market capitalization of shares in the main market amounted to US$ 58.05 billion (LE 448.73 billion), as of end of September 2015 compared to US$ 57.53 billion (LE 444.73 billion) in August 2015, representing an increase of 0.90%. Meanwhile, Market capitalization for the companies listed on Nilex has reached US$ 152.95 million (LE 1.18 billion) at the end of September 2015.

In September 2015, foreign investors participated with 8.80% of the value traded of the main market, with a net inflow of portfolio foreign investment totaling US$ 25.46 million (LE 196.78 million).