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Sunday, 29 May 2016

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USD CBE auction (Tuesday, 24 May): 8.78 (unchanged since Wednesday, 16 March)
USD parallel market (Tuesday, 24 May): 11.00 (compared with 10.95 on Thursday, 19 May, Reuters)

EGX30 (Thursday): 7,531.15 (-0.2%)
Turnover: EGP 491.5 mn
EGX 30 year-to-date: +7.5%

THE MARKET ON THURSDAY: The EGX30 lost 0.2% on Thursday as retail investors sold off and foreign investors bought into the market. Arab Cotton Ginning (up 3.6%), Ori­ental Weavers (+3.4%) and Credit Agricole (+1.7%) were the benchmark EGX30’s top-performing shares, while losers were led by Global Telecom (down 3.5%), Elsewedy Electric (off 3.4%) and Porto Group (-3.3%). Total turnover for the day stood at EGP 491.5mn. Elsewhere in the region, Saudi Arabia’s TASI was down 0.5% as investors booked profits, snapping two days of gains, while Dubai’s DFM General Index added 1.3%, led upward by shares including Dubai Parks and Resorts and Emaar Properties.

Foreigners:Net long | EGP +58.0 mn
Regional:Net long | EGP +4.6 mn
Domestic:Net short | EGP -62.6 mn

Retail: 58.8% of total trades | 56.6% of buyers | 61.1% of sellers
Institutions: 41.2% of total trades | 43.4xx% of buyers | 38.9% of sellers

Foreign: 23.1% of total | 29.0% of buyers | 17.3% of sellers
Regional: 5.3% of total | 5.8% of buyers | 4.8% of sellers
Domestic: 71.6% of total | 65.2% of buyers | 77.9% of sellers

WTI: USD 49.33 (-0.30%)
Brent: USD 49.32 (-0.54%)
Gold: USD 1,213.80 / troy ounce (-0.54%)
Nymex (futures prices) USD 2.17 MMBtu, (+0.84%, July 2016 contract)

TASI: 6,482.48 (-0.52%) (YTD: -6.21%)
ADX: 4,283.49 (-0.12%) (YTD: -0.55%)
DFM: 9,716.48 (+0.11%) (YTD: -6.84%)
KSE Weighted Index: 357.67 (-0.17%%) (YTD: -6.30%)
QE: 9,716.48 (+0.11%) (YTD: -6.84%)
MSM: 5,914.62 (-0.27%) (YTD: +9.40%)
BB: 1,098.75 (-0.08%)

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