BY THE NUMBERS
USD CBE auction (Tuesday, 20 Sep): 8.78 (unchanged since 16 March 2016)
USD parallel market (Sunday, 25 Sep): 12.85 (from 12.80-12.82 on Saturday, 24 Sep)
EGX30 (Sunday): 7,904.5 (-0.1%)
Turnover: EGP 205.9 mn (53% below the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: +12.8%
THE MARKET ON SUNDAY: EGX30, started the day marginally in the green before a selling pattern drove the index to close almost flat. The top gainers were Edita, SODIC, and Elsaeed Contracting. On the flip side, the day’s worst performers were Eastern Co, Elsewedy Electric, and Qalaa Holdings. At a market turnover of EGP 205.9 mn, regional investors were the sole net buyers of the day.
Foreigners: Net short | EGP -14.1 mn
Regional: Net long | EGP +21.7 mn
Domestic: Net short | EGP -7.6 mn
Retail: 73.5% of total trades | 82.1% of buyers | 64.9% of sellers
Institutions: 26.5% of total trades | 17.9% of buyers | 35.1% of sellers
Foreign: 12.7% of total | 9.3% of buyers | 16.1% of sellers
Regional: 11.7% of total |16.9% of buyers | 6.4% of sellers
Domestic: 75.6% of total | 73.8% of buyers | 77.5% of sellers
WTI: USD 44.89 (+0.92%)
Brent: USD 46.29 (+0.87%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 2.98 MMBtu, (+0.78%, Oct 2016 contract)
Gold: USD 1,342.30 / troy ounce (+0.04%)<br
TASI: 5,913.0 (-0.6%) (YTD: -14.5%)
ADX: 4,497.2 (-0.4%) (YTD: +4.4%)
DFM: 3,491.7 (-0.6%) (YTD: +10.8%)
KSE Weighted Index: 352.8 (+0.5%) (YTD: -7.6%)
QE: 10,435.2 (+0.2%) (YTD: +0.1%)
MSM: 5,768.8 (+0.1%) (YTD: +6.7%)
BB: 1,137.1 (+0.2%) (YTD: -6.5%)