BY THE NUMBERS
USD CBE auction (Tuesday, 28 June): 8.78 (unchanged since Wednesday, 16 March)
USD parallel market (Wednesday, 22 June): 11.05-11.08 (compared to 11.07-11.10 on Wednesday, 22 June, Reuters)
EGX30 (Wednesday): 6,943 (+0.2%)
Turnover: EGP 377.4 mn
EGX 30 year-to-date: -0.9%
THE MARKET ON WEDNESDAY: In tandem with its global counterparts, the Egyptian market continued to recover from Sunday’s post-Brexit losses as it added another 0.2% to close at 6,943 points. The day’s top performing EGX30 constituents were Elsewedy Electric, Heliopolis Housing, and Arabia Investments. On the flip side, the worst performing constituents were South Valley Cement, Amer Group, and Ezz Steel. At a market turnover of EGP 377.4 mn, foreign investors were the sole net sellers.
Foreigners: Net short | EGP – 24.6 mn
Regional: Net long | EGP + 5.6 mn
Domestic: Net long | EGP + 19.0 mn
Retail: 58.9% of total trades | 60.0% of buyers | 57.7% of sellers
Institutions: 41.1% of total trades | 40.0% of buyers | 42.3% of sellers
Foreign: 19.1% of total |15.9% of buyers | 22.3% of sellers
Regional: 9.4% of total | 10.1% of buyers | 8.7% of sellers
Domestic: 71.5% of total | 74.0% of buyers | 69.0% of sellers
WTI: USD 48.99 (+1.83%)
Brent: USD 49.68 (+1.89%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 2.99 MMBtu, (+2.40%, July 2016 contract)
Gold: USD 1,339.00 / troy ounce (+1.86%)
TASI: 6,499.9 (flat) (YTD: -5.96%)
ADX: 4,497.6 (+1.8%) (YTD: +4.42%)
DFM: 3,311.1 (+1.2%) (YTD: +5.08%)
KSE Weighted Index: 351.4 (-0.4%) (YTD: -7.93%)
QE: 9,885.2 (+0.1%) (YTD: -5.22%)
MSM: 5,777.3 (flat) (YTD: +6.86%)
BB: 1,118.4 (flat) (YTD: -8.02%)