BY THE NUMBERS
USD CBE auction (Tuesday, 19 April): 8.78 (unchanged since Wednesday, 16 March)
USD parallel market (Tuesday, 19 April): 11.00 (+ 0.27 / +0.50 since Monday 18 April, Reuters)
EGX30 (Tuesday): 7,864.03 (+2.63%)
Turnover: EGP 1,125.78 mn (159% above the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: +12.25%
THE MARKET ON TUESDAY: The EGX30 closed up 2.6% as index heavyweight CIB jumped 4.9%. Other top-performing stocks were Orascom Construction and Talaat Moustafa Group Holding, while Oriental Weavers, Ezz Steel, and Palm Hills Developments were the only index constituents to close in the red. At a market turnover of EGP 1.1 bn, local investors were the sole net sellers. Regionally, Saudi Arabia’s TASI closed up 1.7%, Dubai’s DFM General Index 1.1%, and Abu Dhabi’s ADX General Index 1.0%.
Foreigners:Net long | EGP + 15.4 mn
Regional:Net long | EGP + 16.2 mn
Domestic:Net short | EGP – 31.6 mn
Retail: 69.1% of total trades | 66.2% of buyers | 72.0% of sellers
Institutions: 30.9% of total trades | 33.8% of buyers | 28.0% of sellers
Foreign: 13.0% of total | 13.7% of buyers | 12.4% of sellers
Regional: 12.5% of total | 13.2% of buyers | 11.7% of sellers
Domestic: 74.5% of total | 73.1% of buyers | 75.9% of sellers
WTI: USD 40.45 (1.10%)
Brent: USD 43.99 (1.88%)
Gold: USD 1,252.00 / troy ounce (1.52%)
TASI: 6,531.9 (+1.7%)
ADX: 4,602.4 (+1.0%)
DFM: 3,562.9 (+1.1%)
KSE Weighted Index: 364.5 (+0.3%)
QE: 10,297.4 (+0.6%)
MSM: 5,709.0 (+0.9%)