Listing
Total number of listed companies on the main market amounted to 213 at the end of October 2012. Meanwhile, the number of listed companies on Nilex reached 22 at the end of October 2012.
There were no new listed companies this month.
Turnover
Total number of trading days in October 2012 amounted to 20 days with a total value traded of US$ 2,400.38 million (LE 14,667.73 million). Value traded of the main market amounted to US$ 2,158.34 million (LE 13,188.74 million), of which shares, bonds and funds represented 82.49%, 17.51% and 0%, respectively. Unlisted securities i.e. Over the Counter trading reached US$ 237.82 million (LE 1,453.24 million), which represents 9.91% of total value traded for the month. Additionally, Nilex has recorded a trading value of US$ 4.21 million (LE 25.75 million) during the month.
This is in comparison to September 2012, when value traded of the main market amounted to US$ 3,874.86 million (LE 23,613 million), of which shares represented 75.59%, bonds 24.41% and funds 0%. In addition, the OTC trading amounted to US$ 189.37 million (LE 1154.03 million), i.e. 4.65% of total trading (on- and off-exchange trading), which reached US$ 4,071.94 million (LE 24,814 million). Additionally, Nilex has recorded a trading value of US$ 7.71 million (LE 46.97 million) during the month.
Total volume traded of the main market for this month reached 3,241.45 million securities. Meanwhile, the total volume traded of the OTC market has reached 62.44 million securities. Nilex has recorded a trading volume of 6.15 million securities.
During October 2012, 588,749 transactions were concluded with an average of 29,437 trades per day, as opposed to 920,437 transactions and an average of 43,830 trades per day in September 2012.
Indices
EGX 30 index, the official market index, witnessed a decline of 2.16% in October 2012 to reach 5695.93 points and witnessed a YoY increase of 27.96%.
Meanwhile, EGX 70 price index witnessed a decrease of 5.03% in October 2012 to reach 536.07 points and witnessed a YoY increase of 10.16%.
Moreover, EGX 100 price index witnessed a retreat of 4.99% in October 2012 to reach 879.23 points and witnessed a YoY increase of 14.98%.
Moreover, EGX 20 Capped index witnessed a decline of 2.99% in October 2012 to reach 6668.39 points and witnessed a YoY increase of 40.56%.
Additionally, the Dow Jones EGX Egypt Titans 20 index witnessed a decline of 1.67% in October, to close at 1254.56 points and witnessed a YoY increase of 26.7%.
On the other hand, the S&P/EGX ESG index witnessed a retreat of 4.49% in October, to close at 986.64 points and witnessed a YoY increase of 40.24%.
Price Movements of Selected Shares
The ten most active stocks in the main market represented 52.91% of the total value & 72.21% of the total volume of shares traded for the month.
During the month of October, the top five gainers, on the main market, were (in descending order of price change) Modern Shorouk Printing & Packaging (+30.52%), Arab Polvara Spinning & Weaving Co. (+30.21%), Dice Sport & Casual Wear (+24.44%), Heliopolis Housing (+20.56%) and Alexandria Spinning & Weaving (SPINALEX) (+18.94%).
The top five losers were (in ascending order of price change) National Housing for Professional Syndicates (-19.30%), Misr Oils & Soap (-18.30%), El Ezz Porcelain (Gemma) (-16.76%), Modern Company for Water Proofing (Bitumode) (-16.48%) and Ezz Steel (-15.38%).
Market Capitalization
Total market capitalization of shares in the main market amounted to US$ 64.46 billion (LE 393.87 billion) as of end of October 2012 compared to US$ 66.58 billion (LE 405.75 billion) in September 2012, representing a decline of 2.9%. Meanwhile, Market capitalization for the companies listed on Nilex has reached US$ 200.47 million (LE 1.22 billion) at the end of October 2012.
The bond capitalization recorded US$ 763.12 million (LE 4.66 billion) for corporate bonds and US$ 49.49 billion (LE 302.4 billion) for government bonds at the end of October 2012 (Treasury Bonds according to Primary Dealers System). Meanwhile, the market capitalization of the Public Juristic Entities bonds amounted to US$ 818.25 million (LE 5 billion) at the end of October 2012.
Foreign Participation
In October 2012, foreign investors participated with 20.50% of the value traded of the main market, with a net inflow of portfolio foreign investment totaling US$ 44.9 million (LE 274.2 million).