Listing
Total number of listed companies on the main market amounted to 221 at the end of October 2015. Meanwhile, the number of listed companies on Nilex reached 31 at the end of the month.
One company was listed on the main market this month.
Turnover
Total number of trading days in October 2015 amounted to 19 days, with a total value traded of US$ 2,341.97 million (LE 18,572.06 million). Value traded of the main market amounted to US$ 2,186.46 million (LE 17,338.86 million), of which shares, bonds and funds represented 53.33%, 46.67% and 0%, respectively. Unlisted securities i.e. Over the Counter trading reached US$ 146.61 million (LE 1,162.61 million), which represents 6.26% of total value traded for the month. Additionally, Nilex has recorded a trading value of US$ 8.90 million (LE 70.58 million) during the month.
This is in comparison to September 2015, when value traded of the main market amounted to US$ 3,078.05 million (LE 23,793.64 million), of which shares represented 30.58%, bonds 69.42% and funds 0%. In addition, the OTC trading amounted to US$ 279.74 million (LE 2,162.43 million), i.e. 8.32% of total trading (on- and off-exchange trading), which reached US$ 3,362.96 million (LE 25,996.04 million). Additionally, Nilex has recorded a trading value of US$ 5.17 million (LE 39.96 million) during the month.
Total volume traded of the main market for this month reached 4,933.1 million securities. Meanwhile, the total volume traded of the OTC market has reached 135.02 million securities. Nilex has recorded a trading volume of 45.70 million securities.
During October 2015, 382,201 transactions were concluded with an average of 20,116 trades per day, as opposed to 328,489 transactions were concluded with an average of 17,288 trades per day, during September 2015.
Indices
EGX 30 index, the official market index, witnessed an increase of 2.39% in October 2015, to close at 7507.89 points and witnessed a YoY a decline of 17. 46%.
Meanwhile, EGX 70 price index witnessed an increase of 2.41% in October 2015, to close at 397.80 points and witnessed a YoY decline of 34.78%.
Moreover, EGX 100 price index witnessed an increase of 0.92% in October 2015, to close at 852.35 points and witnessed a YoY decline of 23.21%.
Moreover, EGX 20 Capped index witnessed an increase of 5.39% in October 2015, to close at 7320.96 points and witnessed a YoY decline of 30.35%.
Additionally, the Dow Jones EGX Egypt Titans 20 index witnessed an increase of 0.78% in October 2015, to close at 1557.05 points and witnessed a YoY a decline of 19.45%.
On the other hand, the S&P/EGX ESG index witnessed an increase of 5% in October 2015, to close at 1086.09 points and witnessed a YoY decline of 33.17%.
From another perspective, Nile index witnessed a decline of 1.41% in October 2015, to close at 614.08 points and witnessed a YoY decline of 24.25%.
Price Movements of Selected Shares
The ten most active stocks in the main market represented 84.14% of total traded shares' volume and 63.81% of total traded shares' value for this month.
During the month of October the top five gainers, on the main market, were (in descending order of price change) Cairo Oils & Soap (61.69%), Belton Financial Holding (33.80%), Naeem Holding (32.26%), Egyptians Housing Development & Reconstruction (22.6%) and Universal For Paper and Packaging Materials (Unipack) (22.09%).
The top five losers, on the main market, were (in ascending order of price change) Misr Beni Suef Cement (-16.55%), Golden Textiles & Clothes Wool (-9.76%), Tourism Urbanization (-9.72%), EL Ezz Aldekhela Steel - Alexandria (-8.97%) and Delta For Printing & Packaging (-8.58%).
Market Capitalization
Total market capitalization of shares in the main market amounted to US$ 57.14 billion (LE 453.14 billion), as of end of October 2015 compared to US$ 58.05 billion (LE 448.73 billion) in September 2015, representing an increase of 0.98%. Meanwhile, Market capitalization for the companies listed on Nilex has reached US$ 148.34 million (LE 1.18 billion) at the end of October 2015.
Foreign Participation
In October 2015, foreign investors participated with 14.37% of the value traded of the main market, with a net outflow of portfolio foreign investment totaling US$ 5.74 million (LE 45.48 million).