BY THE NUMBERS
USD CBE auction (Tuesday, 26 April): 8.78 (unchanged since Wednesday, 16 March)
USD parallel market (Tuesday, 26 April): 10.40 (unchanged since Saturday, 23 April, Al Masry Al Youm)
EGX30 (Tuesday): 7,886.82 (1.85%)
Turnover: EGP 793.13 mn (83% above the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: 12.57%
THE MARKET ON TUESDAY: The EGX30 gained 1.9% on Tuesday, pulled up by the 7.1% gain posted by heavyweight CIB, which was the best-performing index constituent of the day. Other top-gaining stocks were Edita Food Industries and EFG Hermes Holding, while the worst-performing EGX30 stocks were Telecom Egypt, Oriental Weavers, and South Valley Cement. At a market turnover of EGP 793.1 mn, local investors were the sole net sellers. Regionally, Saudi Arabia’s TASI closed down 1.6% and Abu Dhabi’s ADX General Index 1.1%, while Dubai’s DFM General Index rose 0.2%.
Foreigners:Net long | EGP + 116.9 mn
Regional:Net long | EGP + 12.5 mn
Domestic:Net short | EGP – 129.4 mn
Retail: 53.8% of total trades | 48.7% of buyers | 59.0% of sellers
Institutions: 46.2% of total trades | 51.3% of buyers | 41.0% of sellers
Foreign: 30.3% of total | 37.6% of buyers | 23.0% of sellers
Regional: 11.5% of total | 12.3% of buyers | 10.7%of sellers
Domestic: 58.2% of total | 50.1% of buyers | 66.3% of sellers
WTI: USD 44.53 (+3.70%)
Brent: USD 46.4 (+3.73%)
Gold: USD 1,244.70 / troy ounce (+0.49%)
TASI: 6,757.1 (-1.6%)
ADX: 4,584.8 (-1.1%)
DFM: 3,563.3 (0.2%)
KSE Weighted Index: 365.3 (0.4%)
QE: 10,177.6 (-0.1%)
MSM: 5,960.6 (0.6%)