BY THE NUMBERS
USD CBE auction (Tuesday, 21 June): 8.78 (unchanged since Wednesday, 16 March)
USD parallel market (Wednesday, 22 June): 11.07-11.10 (compared to 11.05-11.08 on Tuesday 21 June, local press)
EGX30 (Thursday): 7,253.31 (1.35%)
Turnover: EGP 289.8 mn
EGX 30 year-to-date: +3.53%
THE MARKET ON THURSDAY: The EGX30 rose 1.4% on Thursday, reversing losses made on Wednesday. Porto Group, South valley, Cement, and Arabia Investments were the top-performing stocks, while Juhayna, GB Auto, and Global Telecom were the worst performers. At a market turnover of EGP 289.8 mn, foreign investors were the only net sellers.
Foreigners: Net short | EGP -3.1 mn
Regional: Net long | EGP +0.2 mn
Domestic: Net long | EGP +2.9 mn
Retail: 60.6% of total trades | 56.6% of buyers | 64.6% of sellers
Institutions: 39.4% of total trades | 43.4% of buyers | 35.4% of sellers
Foreign: 19.5% of total | 18.9% of buyers | 20.0% of sellers
Regional: 9.4% of total | 9.5% of buyers | 9.4% of sellers
Domestic: 71.1% of total | 71.6% of buyers | 70.6% of sellers
WTI: USD 48.85 (flat%)
Brent: USD 48.41 (-2.95%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 2.67 MMBtu, (flat, July 2016 contract)
Gold: USD 1,322.40 / troy ounce (+4.41%)
TASI: 6,550.97 (+0.28%) (YTD: -5.22%)
ADX: 4,499.73 (+0.04%) (YTD: +4.47%)
DFM: 3,367.64 (-0.24%) (YTD: +6.88%)
KSE Weighted Index: 354.21 (-0.02%) (YTD: -7.20%)
QE: 9,966.35 (+0.47%) (YTD: -4.44%)
MSM: 5,796.93 (+0.14%) (YTD: +7.23%)
BB: 1,118.97 (+0.57%) (YTD: -7.97%)