Listing
Total number of listed companies on the main market amounted to 211 at the end of April 2013. Meanwhile, the number of listed companies on Nilex reached 22 at the end of the month.
One company was listed on NILEX this month, with a total capital of US$ 169.90 thousand (LE 1.18 million).
Turnover
Total number of trading days in April 2013 amounted to 21 days with a total value traded of US$ 1,285.68 million (LE 8,902.71 million). Value traded of the main market amounted to US$ 1,131.53 million (LE 7,835.28 million), of which shares, bonds and funds represented 72.56%, 27.44% and 0%, respectively. Unlisted securities i.e. Over the Counter trading reached US$ 152.72 million (LE 1,057.51 million), which represents 11.88% of total value traded for the month. Additionally, Nilex has recorded a trading value of US$ 1.43 million (LE 9.92 million) during the month.
This is in comparison to March 2013, when value traded of the main market amounted to US$ 3,843.44 million (LE 26,108.84 million), of which shares represented 86.56%, bonds 13.44% and funds 0%. In addition, the OTC trading amounted to US$ 196.46 million (LE 1,334.54 million), i.e. 4.86% of total trading (on- and off-exchange trading), which reached US$ 4,042.28 million (LE 27,459.64 million). Additionally, Nilex has recorded a trading value of US$ 2.39 million (LE 16.25 million) during the month. Worth mentioning that this month has witnessed the execution of a deal on National Societe Generale Bank (NSGB), with a total volume of 430.8 million shares worth LE 16.6 billion on 28 March 2013.
Total volume traded of the main market for this month reached 1,745.86 million securities. Meanwhile, the total volume traded of the OTC market has reached 93.78 million securities. Nilex has recorded a trading volume of 4.2 million securities.
During April 2013, 324,608 transactions were concluded with an average of 15,458 trades per day, as opposed to 341,098 transactions and an average of 16,243 trades per day in March 2013.
Indices
EGX 30 index, the official market index, witnessed an increase of 1.92% in April 2013 to reach 5196.48 points and witnessed a YoY increase of 5.08%.
Meanwhile, EGX 70 price index witnessed an increase of 1.66% in April 2013 to reach 448.78 points and witnessed a YoY increase of 3.74%.
Moreover, EGX 100 price index witnessed an increase of 1.14% in April 2013 to reach 745.68 points and witnessed a YoY decline of 4.23%.
Moreover, EGX 20 Capped index witnessed an increase of 2.22% in April 2013 to reach 5986.24 points and witnessed a YoY increase of 2.86%.
Additionally, the Dow Jones EGX Egypt Titans 20 index witnessed an increase of 0.24% in April, to close at 1145.99 points and witnessed a YoY increase of 4.84%.
On the other hand, the S&P/EGX ESG index witnessed an increase of 0.86% in April, to close at 846.27 points and witnessed a YoY increase of 11.27%.
Price Movements of Selected Shares
The ten most active stocks in the main market represented 65.74% of the total value & 74.41% of the total volume of shares traded for the month.
During the month of April, the top five gainers, on the main market, were (in descending order of price change) Atlas for Land Reclamation and Agricultural Processing (+40.21%), El Wadi Co. for Touristic Investment (+20.64%), Heliopolis Housing (+15.86%), El Ahram Co. for Printing and Packing (+15.31%) and Mansourah Poultry (+14.19%).
The top five losers were (in ascending order of price change) Orascom Development Holding (AG) (-11.03%), Housing & Development Bank (-10.65%), North Africa Co. for Real Estate Investment (-10.22%), Middle East Glass Manufacturing (-10%) and Advanced Pharmaceutical Packaging Co. (APP) (-9.79%).
Market Capitalization
Total market capitalization of shares in the main market amounted to US$ 51.34 billion (LE 355.53 billion) as of end of April 2013 compared to US$ 52.25 billion (LE 354.95 billion) in March 2013, representing an increase of 0.16%. Meanwhile, Market capitalization for the companies listed on Nilex has reached US$ 142.36 million (LE 985.78 million) at the end of April 2013.
The bond capitalization recorded US$ 663.18 million (LE 4.59 billion) for corporate bonds and US$ 43.98 billion (LE 304.52 billion) for government bonds at the end of April 2013 (Treasury Bonds according to Primary Dealers System). Meanwhile, the market capitalization of the Public Juristic Entities bonds amounted to US$ 722.07 million (LE 5 billion) at the end of April 2013.
Foreign Participation
In April 2013, foreign investors participated with 24.82% of the value traded of the main market, with a net outflow of portfolio foreign investment totaling US$ 53.52 million (LE 370.58 million).