BY THE NUMBERS
USD CBE auction (Tuesday, 17 May): 8.78 (unchanged since Wednesday, 16 March)
USD parallel market (Thursday, 19 May): 10.95 (compared with 10.80 on Wednesday, 18 May, Al Mal)
EGX30 (Monday): 7,417.08 (-1.04%)
Turnover: EGP 441.9 mn
EGX 30 year-to-date: +5.86%
THE MARKET ON MONDAY: The EGX30 fell 1.0% on Monday with shares worth EGP 441.9 mn changing hands and foreign investors emerging as the sole net sellers. Madinet Nasr Housing, EFG Hermes, and Telecom Egypt were the top performers while Porto Group, TMG Holding, and Arabia Investments were more notable stocks to end the day in the red. Regionally, the Saudi Tadawul fell 3.3%, while the DFM rose 0.24% and ADX 0.26%.
Foreigners:Net short | EGP – 37.1 mn
Regional:Net long | EGP + 17.1 mn
Domestic:Net long | EGP + 20.0 mn
Retail: 61.2% of total trades | 61.8% of buyers | 60.6% of sellers
Institutions: 38.8% of total trades | 38.2% of buyers | 39.4% of sellers
Foreign: 22.1% of total | 17.9% of buyers | 26.3%of sellers
Regional: 8.6% of total | 10.5% of buyers | 6.6% of sellers
Domestic: 69.3% of total | 71.6% of buyers | 67.1% of sellers
WTI: USD 48.08 (-0.41%)
Brent: USD 48.38 (-0.70%)
Gold: USD 1,251.50 / troy ounce (+0.04%)
TASI: 6,425.23 (-3.07%)
ADX: 4,198.56 (+0.26%)
DFM: 3,216.36 (+0.24%)
KSE Weighted Index: 354.67 (-0.33%)
QE: 9,681.54 (+0.45%)
MSM: 5,948.41 (+0.29%)