BY THE NUMBERS
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 17.8385 | Sell 17.9391
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 17.82 | Sell 17.92
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 17.82 | Sell 17.92
EGX30 (Wednesday): 13,335 (0.00%)
Turnover: EGP 850 mn (33% below the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: +8.0%
THE MARKET ON WEDNESDAY: The EGX30 ended Wednesday’s session flat. CIB, the index heaviest constituent ended almost flat. EGX30’s top performing constituents were: Qalaa Holding up 4.6%, Pioneers Holding up 3.5%, and Eastern Co up 2.2%. Yesterday’s worst performing stocks were: Porto Group 2.6% down, EFG Hermes down 2.5%, and Oriental Weavers down 1.7%. The market turnover was EGP 850 mn, and foreign investors were the sole net sellers.
Foreigners: Net Short | EGP -1.5 mn
Regional: Net Long | EGP +1.5 mn
Domestic: Net Long | EGP +0.0 mn
Retail: 69.6% of total trades | 72.7% of buyers | 66.4% of sellers
Institutions: 30.4% of total trades | 27.3% of buyers | 33.6% of sellers
Foreign: 17.6% of total | 17.6% of buyers | 17.7% of sellers
Regional: 7.0% of total | 7.0% of buyers | 6.9% of sellers
Domestic: 75.4% of total | 75.4% of buyers | 75.4% of sellers
WTI: USD 45.33 (+0.44%)
Brent: USD 47.99 (+0.42%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 2.86 MMBtu, (+0.74%, August 2017 contract)
Gold: USD 1,223.80 / troy ounce (+0.17%)
TASI: 7,226.43 (-0.46%) (YTD: +0.78%)
ADX: 4,413.68 (+0.50%) (YTD: -2.92%)
DFM: 3,417.34 (+0.06%) (YTD: -3.22%)
KSE Weighted Index: 398.65 (+0.25%) (YTD: +4.88%)
QE: 8,929.48 (+0.38%) (YTD: -14.44%)
MSM: 5,113.35 (+0.31%) (YTD: -11.58%)
BB: 1,311.70 (-0.43%) (YTD: +7.48%)