BY THE NUMBERS
USD CBE auction (Tuesday, 01 Nov): 8.78 (unchanged since 16 March 2016)
USD parallel market (Wednesday, 02 Nov): EGP 12.00-15.50 (from 17.50-17.70 on Tuesday morning, 01 Nov, Al Mal)
EGX30 (Wednesday): 8524.66 (+0.91%)
Turnover: EGP 910.13 mn (109% above the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: +21.67%
THE MARKET ON WEDNESDAY: EGX30 closed 0.9% up. Today’s top gainers were Pioneers Holding, Orascom Telecom Media and Technology, and Global Telecom. On the downside, today’s worst performers were Porto Group, Eastern Co, and Orascom Construction. At a market turnover of EGP 910.10 mn, local investors were the sole net sellers.
Foreigners: Net long | EGP + 45.5 mn
Regional: Net long | EGP + 13.0 mn
Domestic: Net short | EGP – 58.5 mn
Retail: 67.6% of total trades | 63.6% of buyers | 71.5% of sellers
Institutions: 32.4% of total trades | 36.4% of buyers | 28.5% of sellers
Foreign: 14.1% of total | 16.6% of buyers | 11.6% of sellers
Regional: 8.9% of total | 9.6% of buyers | 8.2% of sellers
Domestic: 77.0% of total | 73.8% of buyers | 80.2% of sellers
WTI: USD 45.80 (+1.01%)
Brent: USD 47.46 (+1.28%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 2.76 MMBtu, (-1.07%, December 2016 contract)
Gold: USD 1,306.20 / troy ounce (-0.15%)<br
TASI: 5,989.6 (-0.1%) (YTD: -13.3%)
ADX: 4,264.5 (-1.0%) (YTD: -1.0%)
DFM: 3,291.5 (-0.9%) (YTD: +4.5%)
KSE Weighted Index: 356.4 (+0.5%) (YTD: -6.6%)
QE: 10,073.0 (-1.3%) (YTD: -3.4%)
MSM: 5,470.9 (-0.1%) (YTD: +1.2%)
BB: 1,145.1 (-0.4%) (YTD: -5.8%)