The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) Monthly Statistical Report April 2015

Total number of listed companies on the main market amounted to 219 at the end of April 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$ 29.11 million (LE 219.20 million).

Total number of trading days in April 2015 amounted to 20 days, with a total value traded of US$ 2,472.94 million (LE 18,621.45 million). Value traded of the main market amounted to US$ 2,302.56 million (LE 17,338.53 million), of which shares, bonds and funds represented 58.30%, 41.70 % and 0%, respectively. Unlisted securities i.e. Over the Counter trading reached US$ 166.03 million (LE 1,250.23 million), which represents 6.71% of total value traded for the month. Additionally, Nilex has recorded a trading value of US$ 4.34 million (LE 32.68 million) during the month.

 

This is in comparison to March 2015, when value traded of the main market amounted to US$ 2,886 million (LE 21,730 million), of which shares represented 64.64%, bonds 35.36% and funds 0%. In addition, the OTC trading amounted to US$ 320 million (LE 2,407 million), i.e. 9.95% of total trading (on- and off-exchange trading), which reached US$ 3,212 million (LE 24,189 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                          2,585.2 million securities. Meanwhile, the total volume traded of the OTC market has reached 38.3 million securities. Nilex has recorded a trading volume of 24.8 million securities.

 

During April 2015, 369,663 transactions were concluded with an average of 18,483 trades per day, as opposed to 444,126 transactions were concluded with an average of 19,310 trades per day, during March 2015.

EGX 30 index, the official market index, witnessed a decline of 5.06% in April 2015, to close at 8,672.29 points and witnessed a YoY increase of 5.04%. 

 

Meanwhile, EGX 70 price index witnessed a decline of 8.15% in April 2015, to close at 475.44 points and witnessed a YoY decline of 21.98%.

 

Moreover, EGX 100 price index witnessed a decline of 7.07% in April 2015, to close at 971.75 points and witnessed a YoY decline of 8.70%.

 

Moreover, EGX 20 Capped index witnessed a decline of 7.77% in April 2015, to close at 9,083.20 points and witnessed a YoY decline of 7.80%.

 

Additionally, the Dow Jones EGX Egypt Titans 20 index witnessed a decline of 3.85% in April 2015, to close at 1,857.25 points and witnessed a YoY increase of 7.1%.

 

On the other hand, the S&P/EGX ESG index witnessed a decline of 6.72% in April 2015, to close at 1,306.72 points and witnessed a YoY decline of 12.27%.

From another perspective, Nile index witnessed a decline of 2.49% in April 2015, to close at 705.47 points and witnessed a YoY decline of 16.54%.

The ten most active stocks in the main market represented 78.06% of total traded shares' volume and 63.32% of total traded shares' value for this month.

During the month of April the top five gainers, on the main market, were (in descending order of price change) Edita Food Industries S.A.E (36.92%), El Kahera El Watania Investment (20.97%), Qatar National Bank Alahly (13.70%), General Silos & Storage (12.29%) and Egyptian Kuwaiti Holding (11.86%).

The top five losers, on the main market, were (in ascending order of price change) Giza General Contracting (-21.12%), Atlas for Land Reclamation and Agricultural Processing (-20.34%), Rights Issue of GB Auto-1 (-20.25%), Pioneers Holding (-19.61%) and Wadi Kom Ombo Land Reclamation (-17.91%).

Total market capitalization of shares in the main market amounted to US$ 66.37 billion (LE 499.79 billion), as of end of April 2015 compared to US$ 67.22 billion (LE 506.20 billion) in March 2015, representing a decline of 1.27%. Meanwhile, Market capitalization for the companies listed on Nilex has reached US$ 166.17 million (LE 1.25 billion) at the end of April 2015.

In April 2015, foreign investors participated with 20.32% of the value traded of the main market, with a net inflow of portfolio foreign investment totaling US$ 31 million (LE 230 million).