Listing
Total number of listed companies on the main market amounted to 212 at the end of August 2012. Meanwhile, the number of listed companies on Nilex reached 22 at the end of August 2012.
There were no new listed companies this month.
Turnover
Total number of trading days in August 2012 amounted to 20 days with a total value traded of US$ 2,199.03 million (LE 13,410.78 million). Value traded of the main market amounted to US$ 1,720.64 million (LE 10,493.3 million), of which shares, bonds and funds represented 85.09%, 14.91% and 0%, respectively. Unlisted securities i.e. Over the Counter trading reached US$ 476.16 million (LE 2,903.87 million), which represents 21.65% of total value traded for the month. Additionally, Nilex has recorded a trading value of US$ 2.23 million (LE 13.6 million) during the month
This is in comparison to July 2012, when value traded of the main market amounted to US$ 1,581.68 million (LE 9,603.31 million), of which shares represented 78.44%, bonds 21.56% and funds 0%. In addition, the OTC trading amounted to US$ 477.01 million (LE 2,896.21 million), i.e. 23.14% of total trading (on- and off-exchange trading), which reached US$ 2,061.84 million (LE 12,518.66 million). Additionally, Nilex has recorded a trading value of US$ 3.15 million (LE 19.14 million) during the month.
Total volume traded of the main market for this month reached 3,244.21 million securities. Meanwhile, the total volume traded of the OTC market has reached 151.96 million securities. Nilex has recorded a trading volume of 5.43 million securities.
During August 2012, 460,922 transactions were concluded with an average of 23,046 trades per day, as opposed to 432,902 transactions and an average of 20,614 trades per day in July 2012.
Indices
EGX 30 index, the official market index, witnessed an increase of 9.66% in August 2012 to reach 5332.25 points and witnessed a YoY increase of 14.93%.
Meanwhile, EGX 70 price index witnessed an increase of 13.28% in August 2012 to reach 494.58 points and witnessed a YoY decline of 16.04%.
Moreover, EGX 100 price index witnessed an increase of 10.7% in August 2012 to reach 831.1 points and witnessed a YoY decline of 4.47%.
Moreover, EGX 20 Capped index witnessed an increase of 11.57% in August 2012 to reach 6235.37 points and witnessed a YoY increase of 24.38%.
Additionally, the Dow Jones EGX Egypt Titans 20 index witnessed an increase of 8.78% in August, to close at 1179.59 points and witnessed a YoY increase of 15.36%.
On the other hand, the S&P/EGX ESG index witnessed an increase of 12.87% in August, to close at 875.28 points and witnessed a YoY increase of 11.9%.
Price Movements of Selected Shares
The ten most active stocks in the main market represented 62.23% of the total value & 77.52 % of the total volume of shares traded for the month.
During the month of August, the top five gainers, on the main market, were (in descending order of price change) Egyptians for Investment & Urban Development (+65.32%), Egyptians Abroad for Investment & Development (+43.7%), Egyptian Iron & Steel (+40.15%), Egyptian Real Estate Group Bearer Shares (+38.61%) and El Ezz Porcelain (Gemma) (+34.68%).
The top five losers were (in ascending order of price change) The Arab Dairy Products Co. ARAB DAIRY (-9.55%), B-Tech (-9.50%), Alexandria Mineral Oils Company (-7.73%), Eastern Tobacco (-4.04%) and Societe Arabe Internationale De Banque (SAIB) (-2.53%).
Market Capitalization
Total market capitalization of shares in the main market amounted to US$ 60.54 billion (LE 369.23 billion) as of end of August 2012 compared to US$ 55.98 billion (LE 339.91 billion) in July 2012, representing an increase of 8.63%. Meanwhile, Market capitalization for the companies listed on Nilex has reached US$ 200.97 million (LE 1.23 billion) at the end of August 2012.
The bond capitalization recorded US$ 770.39 million (LE 4.70 billion) for corporate bonds and US$ 45.80 billion (LE 279.31 billion) for government bonds at the end of August 2012 (Treasury Bonds according to Primary Dealers System). Meanwhile, the market capitalization of the Public Juristic Entities bonds amounted to US$ 819.87 million (LE 5 billion) at the end of August 2012.
Foreign Participation
In August 2012, foreign investors participated with 26.63% of the value traded of the main market, with a net outflow of portfolio foreign investment totaling US$ 31.8 million (LE 193.8 million).