Cyprus Stock Exchange Monthly Bulletin July 2020

On the last trading session of July 2020 the General Index reached 46,48 points, representing a relative decrease of 5,78% from the previous month. The value of shares traded exhibited a decrease of 79,17% compared to the previous month.

It is worth mentioning however, that the highest level that the General Index reached for the month was 49,19 points. The other Market Indices reached the following levels: Main Market reached 28,87, Alternative Market 745,99, Investment Companies 790,28 points.

On a sectoral level, the Hotels Index reached 630,61 points. The FTSE/CySE20 reached 27,62 points and finally the FTSE Med reached 3.838,64 points.
The market capitalisation of shares (shares) reached €1,35 billion. According to this month’s results, the Main Market accounted for 11,87% of the total market capitalisation, the Alternative Market 10,46%, the Surveillance Market 1,70% and the Bond Market 75,97%. Moreover, the total market capitalisation including the Bond Market reached € 5,64 billion compared to €5,67 billion the previous month, registering a decrease of 0,60%.
The total value of transactions during the month in review reached €1,22 million, with an average of €0,05 million per trading session. The Financials sector contributed 70,49% to the total value traded which was the highest among all other sectors. Investors primarily focused their interest on the shares of “Bank of Cyprus Holdings Plc” and also on shares of “Hellenic Bank Public Company Ltd” with 53,88% and 10,32% of the total value respectively.