BY THE NUMBERS
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 18.0259 | Sell 18.1288
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 18.00 | Sell 18.10
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 17.95 | Sell 18.05
EGX30 (Thursday): 13,094 (+1.6%)
Turnover: EGP 1.0 bn (40% below the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: +6.1%
THE MARKET ON THURSDAY: The EGX30 ended Thursday’s session up 1.6%. CIB, the index heaviest constituent ended up 2.6%. EGX30’s top performing constituents were: Orascom Telecom Media and Technology up 4.1%, Elsewedy Electric up 3.9%, and Telecom Egypt up 3.2%. Thursday’s worst performing stocks were: Oriental Weavers down 2.5%, Heliopolis Housing down 1.5%, and Egyptian Iron and Steel down 1.1%. The market turnover was EGP 1.0 bn, and local investors were the sole net sellers.
Foreigners: Net Long | EGP +82.4 mn
Regional: Net Long | EGP +29.9 mn
Domestic: Net Short | EGP -112.3 mn
Retail: 66.2% of total trades | 60.1% of buyers | 72.3% of sellers
Institutions: 33.8% of total trades | 39.9% of buyers | 27.7% of sellers
Foreign: 20.3% of total | 24.4% of buyers | 16.3% of sellers
Regional: 10.7% of total | 12.2% of buyers | 9.2% of sellers
Domestic: 69.0% of total | 63.4% of buyers | 74.5% of sellers
WTI: USD 49.80 (+1.84%)
Brent: USD 52.15 (+1.34%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 3.31 MMBtu, (+1.07%, July 2017 contract)
Gold: USD 1,217.40 / troy ounce (+0.92%)
TASI: 6,871.72 (-0.43%) (YTD: -4.70%)
ADX: 4,516.84 (-0.34%) (YTD: -0.65%)
DFM: 3,327.13 (-0.73%) (YTD: -5.77%)
KSE Weighted Index: 402.21 (-0.08%) (YTD: +5.82%)
QE: 10,060.52 (-0.27%) (YTD: -3.60%)
MSM: 5,403.14 (+0.20%) (YTD: -6.56%)
BB: 1,314.22 (+0.02%) (YTD: +7.68%)