BY THE NUMBERS
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 17.9856 | Sell 18.0885
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 18.00 | Sell 18.10
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 17.95 | Sell 18.05
EGX30 (Thursday): 13,099 (-1.44%)
Turnover: EGP 852.3 mn (26% above the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: +6.1%
THE MARKET ON THURSDAY: The EGX30 ended Thursday’s session down 1.4%. CIB, the index heaviest constituent ended the day down 1.6%. EGX30’s top performing constituents were: Eastern Co. 0.1% up, Egyptian Resorts, and Cairo Oils & Soap that ended the day flat. Thursday’s worst performing stocks included: Porto Group down 3.7%, GB Auto down 3.5%, and EFG Hermes down 2.8%. Market turnover was EGP 852.3 million, and regional investors were the sole net buyers.
Foreigners: Net Short | EGP -24.7 mn
Regional: Net Long | EGP +30.4 mn
Domestic: Net Short | EGP -5.7 mn
Retail: 34.2% of total trades | 35.9% of buyers | 32.6% of sellers
Institutions: 65.8% of total trades | 64.1% of buyers | 67.4% of sellers
Foreign: 58.8% of total | 58.0% of buyers | 59.5% of sellers
Regional: 3.3% of total | 4.2% of buyers | 2.4% of sellers
Domestic: 37.9% of total | 37.8% of buyers | 38.1% of sellers
WTI: USD 52.24 (+1.04%)
Brent: USD 55.24 (+0.64%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 3.26 MMBtu, (-2.10%, May 2017 contract)
Gold: USD 1,257.30 / troy ounce (+0.32%)
TASI: 7,075.6 (+0.3%) (YTD: -1.9%)
ADX: 4,615.2 (-0.5%) (YTD: +1.5%)
DFM: 3,566.4 (-0.2%) (YTD: +1.0%)
KSE Weighted Index: 420.2 (0.0%) (YTD: +10.5%)
QE: 10,456.0 (-0.1%) (YTD: +0.2%)
MSM: 5,613.4 (-0.2%) (YTD: -2.9%)
BB: 1,353.4 (+0.2%) (YTD: +10.9%)