BY THE NUMBERS
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 15.7512 | Sell 15.8518
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 15.7 | Sell 15.8
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 15.7 | Sell 15.75
EGX30 (Thursday): 12,241 (-1.3%)
Turnover: EGP 1.3 bn (215% ABOVE the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: -0.8%
THE MARKET ON THURSDAY: The EGX30 ended Thursday’s session down 1.3%. CIB, the index heaviest constituent fell 0.7%. The EGX30’s top performing constituents were: Madinet Nasr Housing up 8.8%, Domty up 4.7%, and Palm Hills up 2.6%. Thursday’s worst performing stocks included GB Auto down 6.8%, Global Telecom down 5.9%, and ACC down 4.4%. The market turnover was EGP1.3 billion and local investors were the sole net sellers.
Foreigners: Net Long | EGP +49.4 mn
Regional: Net Long | EGP +38.6 mn
Domestic: Net Short | EGP -88.0 mn
Retail: 66.9% of total trades | 65.0% of buyers | 68.9% of sellers
Institutions: 33.1% of total trades | 35.0% of buyers | 31.1% of sellers
Foreign: 17.0% of total | 18.9% of buyers | 15.3% of sellers
Regional: 10.5% of total | 11.9% of buyers | 9.0% of sellers
Domestic: 72.5% of total | 69.2% of buyers | 75.7% of sellers
WTI: USD 53.99 (-0.84%)
Brent: USD 55.99 (-1.04%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 2.63 MMBtu, (+0.38%, April 2017 contract)
Gold: USD 1,258.30 / troy ounce (+0.55%)
TASI: 7,046.2 (-0.2%) (YTD: -2.3%)
ADX: 4,653.4 (+0.3%) (YTD: +2.4%)
DFM: 3,633.9 (-0.3%) (YTD: +2.9%)
KSE Weighted Index: 427.1 (+0.9%) (YTD: +12.4%)
QE: 10,925.4 (-0.2%) (YTD: +4.7%)
MSM: 5,849.5 (-0.3%) (YTD: +1.2%)
BB: 1,349.3 (+0.5%) (YTD: +10.6%)