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|b This research aims to analyze attraction elements of investment in Egyptian Stock market, and to define the most important investment obstructions in this market, and consequently determine suitable economic policies for encouraging this investment. Recreation of stock market and encouraging its investment, started in the beginning of. the nineties, by setting organizational frame for market work, and appointing a General Authority of Stock Market, as a controlling and supervising body, that carries out organizing market performance, controlling, maintaining strong protection for investors, and considering stock market, the entity, inside which the securities trading be conducted. Along with setting rules for registering and trading of these shares. Besides, applying systems of clearing and financial settlement, and central preservation in Egypt to conform with International Systems. In addition to setting information disclosure criterion, in a form of periodical reports and financial statements, that the registered companies in stock market and companies launched their securities for public underwriting should present. Also, organizing legal status of companies which are working in this field. All that synchronized with launching privatization shares in stock market for activating market deals. This came out with great positive results in the stock market, whereas the number of registered companies in stock market jumped from 573 in the year 1990 to 1076 in the year 2000, with an increase in registered shares of 372.8 million shares at the end of 1990 and then increased to 4672.8 million shares in the year 2000, with an increase in new shares issuances, increase of their values, increase in annual value of traded shares from L.E. 341.5 million in the year 1990 to L.E. 49493.7 million in the year 2000 and increase in the percentage of registered and traded shares to a total value of trading from 60.4% in the year 1990 to 84.3% in the year 2000. In spite of these tangible positive results, still remain some balks that negatively affect investment in this market, most important of these balks are: absence of companies adherence with disclosure criterion, increase of concentration ratio, inexistence of investment awareness, existence of some harmful speculations in the market and decrease of liquidity ratio.
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