The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) Monthly Statistical Report September 2017

Total number of listed companies on the main market amounted to 222 at the end of September 2017. Meanwhile, the number of listed companies on Nilex reached 32 at the end of the month.

No companies were listed this month.

Total number of trading days in September 2017 amounted to 17 days, with a total value traded of US$ 1,212.81 million (LE 21,404.33 million). Value traded of the main market amounted to US$ 1,178.21 million (LE 20,793.68 million), of which shares, bonds and funds represented 91.27%, 8.73% and 0%, respectively. Unlisted securities i.e. Over the Counter trading reached US$ 32.7 million (LE 577.03 million), which represents 2.7% of total value traded for the month. Additionally, Nilex has recorded a trading value of US$ 1.91 million (LE 33.62 million) during the month.

This is in comparison to August 2017, when value traded of the main market amounted to US$ 883.66 million (LE 15,601.03 million), of which shares represented 92%, 8% and 0%. In addition, the OTC trading amounted to US$ 40.52 million (LE 715.44 million), i.e. 4.38% of total trading (on- and off-exchange trading), which reached US$ 925.70 million (LE 16,343.23 million). Additionally, Nilex has recorded a trading value of US$ 1.52 million (LE 26.77 million) during the month.

Total volume traded of the main market for this month reached 7,709.93 million securities. Meanwhile, the total volume traded of the OTC market has reached 104.81 million securities. Nilex has recorded a trading volume of 39.05 million securities.

During September 2017, 512,344 transactions were concluded with an average of 30,138 trades per day, as opposed to 478,780 transactions were concluded with an average of 21,763 trades per day, during August 2017.

EGX 30 index, the official market index, witnessed an increase of 3.52% in September 2017, to close at 13,888.51 points and witnessed a YoY increase of 76.23%. 

Meanwhile, EGX 70 price index witnessed an increase of 11.69% in September 2017, to close at 773.53 points and witnessed a YoY increase of 119.99%.

Moreover, EGX 100 price index witnessed an increase of 10.15% in September 2017, to close at 1,723.81 points and witnessed a YoY increase of 118.13%.

Moreover, EGX 20 Capped index witnessed an increase of 6.72% in September 2017, to close at 12,711.8 points and witnessed a YoY increase of 60.71%.

Additionally, the Dow Jones EGX Egypt Titans 20 index witnessed an increase of 3.26% in September 2017, to close at 2,912.73 points and witnessed a YoY increase of 72.91%.

On the other hand, the S&P/EGX ESG index witnessed an increase of 10.97% in August 2017, to close at 2,159.39 points and witnessed a YoY increase of 104.49%.

Furthermore, the EGX50 EWI index witnessed an increase of 13.09% in September 2017, to close at 2,313.32 points and witnessed a YoY increase of 76.32%.

From another perspective, Nile index witnessed an increase of 5.52% in September 2017, to close at 508.65 points and witnessed a YoY decrease of 21.39%.

The ten most active stocks in the main market represented 82.78% of total traded shares' volume and 48.54% of total traded shares' value for this month.

During the month of September, the top five gainers, in the main market, were (in descending order of price change) Alexandria Flour Mills (77.66%), Egyptians For Investment & Urban Development (68.35%), Suez Canal Bank (62.68%), AJWA for Food Industries company Egypt (55.14%) and National Cement (53.16%).

The top five losers, in the main market, were (in ascending order of price change) Misr Conditioning (Miraco) (-16%), Arab Valves Company (-11.27%), Misr Oils & Soap (-10.37%), Saudi Egyptian Investment & Finance (-9.45%) and Global Telecom Holding (-8.81%).

Total market capitalization of shares in the main market amounted to US$ 42.42 billion (LE 748.6 billion), as of end of September 2017 compared to US$ 39.93 billion (LE 705.01 billion) in August 2017, representing an increase of 6.18%. Meanwhile, Market capitalization for the companies listed on Nilex has reached US$ 64.68 million (LE 1.14 billion) at the end of September 2017.

In August 2017, foreign investors participated with 26.90% of the value traded of the main market, with a net inflow of portfolio foreign investment totaling US$ 42.50 million (LE 750.09 million).