BY THE NUMBERS
USD CBE auction (Thursday, 7 April): 8.78 (unchanged since Wednesday, 16 March)
USD parallel market (Thursday, 7 April): 10.30 / 10.32 (compared to 10.15 / 10.20 since Wednesday 6 April, Reuters)
EGX30 (Sunday): 7,403.77 (-1.0%)
Turnover: EGP 516.14 mn
EGX 30 year-to-date: 5.67%
THE MARKET ON SUNDAY: Egypt’s benchmark index shed 1.0% on the day. On the flip side, the EGX70 was up 0.6% and the equally weighted EGX50 0.4%. Egypt’s largest private bank and the EGX30’s largest constituent, CIB, was down 2.2%. United Arab Stevedoring, Credit Agricole – Egypt, and Eastern Company were the only EGX30 constituents to end the day in the positive territory while Pioneers Holding, SODIC, and Ezz Steel were the EGX30’s worst performers. At a market turnover of EGP 516.1 mn, regional investors were the sole net buyers. Regionally, Saudi’s TASI was up 1.4%, Dubai’s General Index1.4%, and Abu Dhabi’s General Index 0.7%.
Foreigners:Net short | EGP – 7.2 mn
Regional:Net long | EGP + 20.2 mn
Domestic:Net short | EGP – 13.0 mn
Retail: 79.2% of total trades | 84.9% of buyers | 73.4% of sellers
Institutions: 20.8% of total trades | 15.1% of buyers | 26.6% of sellers
Foreign: 4.4% of total | 3.7% of buyers | 5.1% of sellers
Regional: 9.9% of total | 11.8% of buyers | 7.9% of sellers
Domestic: 85.7% of total | 84.5% of buyers | 87.0% of sellers
WTI: USD 40.13 (+1.03%)
Brent: USD 42.26 (+0.76%)
Gold: USD 1,246.50 / troy ounce (+0.22%)
TASI: 6,346.16 (+1.41%)
ADX: 4,380.63 (+0.66%)
DFM: 3,433.69 (+1.40%)
KSE Weighted Index: 362.14 (+0.30%)
QE: 10,128.65 (-0.36%)
MSM: 5,652.01 (+0.75%)