1999

 2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

Number of Companies Listed ^1/

1033

1076

1110

1151

978

795

744

New equity issues (LE Million) ^2/

55,573

20,453

11,185

11,652

 --

13,000

31,473

Annual total return % 

49.0

0.3

-2.1

3.6

23.5

52.0

83.3

Market Capitalization (In LE Million)

112,331

119,778

111,338

120,200

171,922

233,896

456,278

In percent of GDP

34.4

35.6

30.2

31.1

42.4

52.6

86.7

Value of trading (LE Million)

42,056

54,012

31,796

34,167

27,764

42,375

160,635

Listed shares and bonds

35,821

45,789

24,660

25,790

23,000

36,142

150,924

Unlisted shares & bonds (OTC)

6,235

8,223

7,136

8,377

4,764

6,233

9,711

Volume of trading (Million) 

1074

1108

1260

834

1422

2435

5311

Listed shares and bonds

841

1029

1184

740

1202

1786

4199

Unlisted shares & bonds (OTC)

233

79

76

94

221

648

1112

Number of Companies traded

663

659

643

671

540

503

441

As % of total listed companies

64.2

61.2

57.9

58.3

55.2

63.3

59.3

Turnover Ratio ^/3

31.9

38.2

22.1

21.5

13.8

15.5

31.1