BY THE NUMBERS
USD CBE auction (Thursday, 7 April): 8.78 (unchanged since Wednesday, 16 March)
USD parallel market (Monday, 11 April): 10.25 (down 0.05 since Wednesday, 6 April)
EGX30 (Monday): 7,342.46 (-0.83%)
Turnover: EGP 606.7 mn (39% above the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: +4.80%
THE MARKET ON MONDAY: The EGX30 fell 0.83% to 7342.46 with shares worth EGP 606.7 mn changing hands. Foreign and retail investors were buyers while local, institutional, and and Arab investors were sellers. CIB and Credit Agricole were the only EGX30 constituents to end the day up, while, SODIC, Juhayna, and Ezz Steel were the worst performing constituents, as they shed 6.6%, 6.2%, and 5.9%, respectively. Beltone Financial was today’s most notable gainer, as it surged 10.0% despite announcing an unaudited net profit figure of EGP 5.4m in 2015, down 65% y/y. Regionally, the TAS fell 0.5%, the ADX rose 0.2%, and the DFM dropped 0.3%.
Foreigners:Net long | EGP + 88.9 mn
Regional:Net short | EGP – 2.5 mn
Domestic:Net short | EGP – 86.3 mn
Retail: 59.6% of total trades | 62.2% of buyers | 57.1% of sellers
Institutions: 40.4% of total trades | 37.8% of buyers | 42.9% of sellers
Foreign: 17.0% of total | 24.3% of buyers | 9.6% of sellers
Regional: 8.8% of total | 8.6% of buyers | 9.0% of sellers
Domestic: 74.2% of total | 67.1% of buyers | 81.4% of sellers
WTI: USD 40.2 (+0.17%)
Brent: USD 42.83 (+1.35%)
Gold: USD 1,260.60 / troy ounce (+1.13%)
TASI: 6,311.6 (-0.5%)
ADX: 4,391.0 (+0.2%)
DFM: 3,423.9 (-0.3%)
KSE Weighted Index: 362.3 (flat)
QE: 10,159.7 (+0.3%)
MSM: 5,681.2 (+0.5%)