BY THE NUMBERS
USD CBE auction (Tuesday, 21 June): 8.78 (unchanged since Wednesday, 16 March)
USD parallel market (Tuesday, 21 June): 11.05-11.08 (+0.03-0.05 since Saturday, 18 June, Reuters)
EGX30 (Tuesday): 7,250.92 (+0.66%)
Turnover: EGP 503.0 mn (16% above the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: +3.49%
THE MARKET ON TUESDAY: EGX30 rose 0.7% yesterday. The EGX30’s largest constituent, CIB, fell 1.1% by the session’s close. The top performing constituents were Global Telecom, Elsewedy Electric, and Edita. On the flip side, the worst performing constituents were Qalaa Holdings, South Valley Cement, and Porto Group. At a market turnover of EGP 503.0 mn, foreign investors were the sole net buyers.
Foreigners:Net long | EGP +46.7 mn
Regional:Net short | EGP – 28.8 mn
Domestic:Net short | EGP -17.9 mn
Retail: 53.8% of total trades | 57.2% of buyers | 50.5% of sellers
Institutions: 46.2% of total trades | 42.8% of buyers | 49.5% of sellers
Foreign: 23.1% of total | 27.8% of buyers | 18.5% of sellers
Regional: 10.0% of total | 7.1% of buyers | 12.8% of sellers
Domestic: 66.9% of total | 65.1% of buyers | 68.7% of sellers
WTI: USD 48.85 (-0.71%)
Brent: USD 50.93 (+1.11%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 2.76 MMBtu, (+0.36%, July 2016 contract)
Gold: USD 1,271.30 / troy ounce (-1.61%)
TASI: 6,553.01 (-0.09%) (YTD: -5.19%)
ADX: 4,503.49 (+0.50%) (YTD: +4.56%)
DFM: 3,343.43 (+1.13%)(YTD: +4.62%)
KSE Weighted Index: 356.42 (+0.15%) (YTD: -6.24%)
QE: 9,919.32 (+0.96%) (YTD: -5.98%)
MSM: 5,788.38 (+0.07%) (YTD: +7.42%)
BB: 1,115.42 (flat) (YTD: -8.26%)