The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) Monthly Statistical Report October 2017

Listing
Total number of listed companies on the main market amounted to 222 at the end of October 2017. Meanwhile, the number of listed companies on Nilex reached 32 at the end of the month.
No companies were listed this month.
Turnover
Total number of trading days in October 2017 amounted to 22 days, with a total value traded of US$ 1,807.57 million (LE 31,901.23 million). Value traded of the main market amounted to US$ 1,688.78 million (LE 29,804.71 million), of which shares, bonds and funds represented 97.34%, 2.66% and 0%, respectively. Unlisted securities i.e. Over the Counter trading reached US$ 115.86 million (LE 2,044.73 million), which represents 6.41% of total value traded for the month. Additionally, Nilex has recorded a trading value of US$ 2.93 million (LE 51.79 million) during the month.
This is in comparison to September 2017, when value traded of the main market amounted to US$ 1,178.21 million (LE 20,793.68 million), of which shares represented 91.27%, 8.73% and 0%. In addition, the OTC trading amounted to US$ 32.7 million (LE 577.03 million), i.e. 2.7% of total trading (on- and off-exchange trading), which reached US$ 1,212.81 million (LE 21,404.33 million). Additionally, Nilex has recorded a trading value of US$ 1.91 million (LE 33.62 million) during the month.
Total volume traded of the main market for this month reached 9,198.8 million securities. Meanwhile, the total volume traded of the OTC market has reached 254.06 million securities. Nilex has recorded a trading volume of 50.9 million securities.
During October 2017, 839,728 transactions were concluded with an average of 38,169 trades per day, as opposed to 512,344 transactions were concluded with an average of 30,138 trades per day, during September 2017.
Indices
EGX 30 index, the official market index, witnessed an increase of 3.27% in October 2017, to close at 1,4342.38 points and witnessed a YoY increase of 71.03%.
Meanwhile, EGX 70 price index witnessed an increase of 1.09% in October 2017, to close at 781.98 points and witnessed a YoY increase of 126.73%.
Moreover, EGX 100 price index witnessed an increase of 2.58% in October 2017, to close at 1,768.24 points and witnessed a YoY increase of 117.7%.
Moreover, EGX 20 Capped index witnessed an increase of 6.94% in October 2017, to close at 13,593.71 points and witnessed a YoY increase of 63.61%.
Additionally, the Dow Jones EGX Egypt Titans 20 index witnessed an increase of 2.29% in October 2017, to close at 2,979.53 points and witnessed a YoY increase of 64.9%.
On the other hand, the S&P/EGX ESG index witnessed an increase of 5.55% in October 2017, to close at 2,279.13 points and witnessed a YoY increase of 110.34%.
Furthermore, the EGX50 EWI index witnessed an increase of 9.49% in October 2017, to close at 2,532.79 points and witnessed a YoY increase of 91.88%.
From another perspective, Nile index witnessed an increase of 6.57% in October 2017, to close at 542.07 points and witnessed a YoY decrease of 14.82%.
Price Movements of Selected Shares
The ten most active stocks in the main market represented 73.82% of total traded shares’ volume and 39.65% of total traded shares’ value for this month.
During the month of October, the top five gainers, in the main market, were (in descending order of price change) October Pharma (85.81%), El Shams Housing & Urbanization (74.86%), National Housing for Professional Syndicates (74.67%), Egyptian Iron & Steel (62.34%) and Torah Cement (60.76%).
The top five losers, in the main market, were (in ascending order of price change) Nozha International Hospital (-18.27%), National company for maize products (-17.5%), Natural Gas & Mining Project (Egypt Gas) (-15.7%), Porto Group (-14%) and South Cairo & Giza Mills & Bakeries (-11.17%).
Market Capitalization
Total market capitalization of shares in the main market amounted to US$ 44.47 billion (LE 784.8 billion), as of end of October 2017 compared to US$ 42.42 billion (LE 748.6 billion) in September 2017, representing an increase of 4.85%. Meanwhile, Market capitalization for the companies listed on Nilex has reached US$ 66.92 million (LE 1.18 billion) at the end of October 2017.
Foreign Participation
In October 2017, foreign investors participated with 22.95% of the value traded of the main market, with a net inflow of portfolio foreign investment totaling US$ 23.35 million (LE 412.02 million).