BY THE NUMBERS
USD CBE auction (Tuesday, 17 May): 8.78 (unchanged since Wednesday, 16 March)
USD parallel market (Tuesday, 17 May): 10.88-10.95 (compared to 10.82-10.85 on Sunday 15 May, Reuters)
EGX30 (Tuesday): 7,549.97 (+1.9%)
Turnover: EGP 820.97 mn (89% above the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: 7.76%
THE MARKET ON TUESDAY: The EGX30 ended the day up 1.9% with shares worth EGP 820.97 mn changing hands. SODIC, EFG Hermes Holding, and Global Telecom were the benchmark index’s top-performing constituents. Edita Food Industries, Juhayna Food Industries, and Eastern Company were the only index members to close in negative territory. Regional stocks were mixed, with the TASI up 0.6%, ADX down 0.5%, and DFM: 3,301.7 up 0.4%.
Foreigners:Net long | EGP + 73.5 mn
Regional:Net short | EGP – 41.7 mn
Domestic:Net short | EGP – 31.8 mn
Retail: 57.7% of total trades | 50.0% of buyers | 65.4% of sellers
Institutions: 42.3% of total trades | 50.0% of buyers | 34.6% of sellers
Foreign: 21.8% of total | 26.3% of buyers | 17.3% of sellers
Regional: 8.9% of total | 6.3% of buyers | 11.4% of sellers
Domestic: 69.3% of total | 67.4% of buyers | 71.3% of sellers
WTI: USD 48.45 (+1.28%)
Brent: USD 49.35 (+0.57%)
Gold: USD 1,282.50 / troy ounce (+0.49%)
TASI: 6,739.8 (+0.6%)
ADX: 4,325.2 (-0.5%)
DFM: 3,301.7 (+0.4%)
KSE Weighted Index: 360.5 (-0.1%)
QE: 10,010.7 (+0.1%)
MSM: 5,959.3 (-0.2%)