BY THE NUMBERS
USD CBE auction (Tuesday, 24 May): 8.78 (unchanged since Wednesday, 16 March)
USD parallel market (Sunday, 30 May): 11.00-11.04 (compared with 11.00 on Tuesday, 24 May, Al Mal)
EGX30 (Monday): 7,452.88 (-0.44%)
Turnover: EGP 382.5 mn (12% below the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: +6.38%
THE MARKET ON MONDAY: EGX30 ended the day in negative territory during today’s session, losing 0.4% by the end of the day. Oriental Weavers, Telecom Egypt and EFG Hermes were the benchmark index’s top performing stocks, while Amer Group, Edita and Porto Holding were the worst performing constituents. At a market turnover of EGP 382.5 mn, local investors were the sole net buyers of the day. Regionally, Saudi Arabia’s TASI and Dubai’s DFM General Index inched down 1.1 % and 1.6%, respectively.
Foreigners:Net short | EGP – 34.4 mn
Regional:Net short | EGP – 15.7 mn
Domestic:Net long | EGP + 50.1 mn
Retail: 62.2% of total trades | 62.3% of buyers | 62.2% of sellers
Institutions: 37.8% of total trades | 37.3% of buyers | 37.8% of sellers
Foreign: 14.8% of total | 10.3% of buyers | 19.3% of sellers
Regional: 6.4% of total | 4.4% of buyers | 8.5% of sellers
Domestic: 78.8% of total | 85.3% of buyers | 72.2% of sellers
WTI: USD 49.55 (+0.45%)
Brent: USD 49.69 (-0.14%)
Gold: USD 1,216.00 / troy ounce (-0.06%)
Nymex (futures prices) USD 2.17 MMBtu, (+0.05%, July 2016 contract)
TASI: 6,359.9 (-1.1%) (YTD: -7.98%)
ADX: 4,259.5 (-0.9%) (YTD: -1.11%)
DFM: 4,259.5 (-1.36%) (YTD: +4.93%)
KSE Weighted Index: 356.2 (-0.20%) (YTD: -6.68%)
QE: 9,552.0 (-1.30%) (YTD: -8.41%)
MSM: 5,838.6 (-0.90%) (YTD: 8.00%)
BB: 1,094.41 (+0.22%) (YTD: -9.99%)