BY THE NUMBERS
USD CBE auction (Tuesday, 28 June): 8.78 (unchanged since Wednesday, 16 March)
USD parallel market (Wednesday, 13 July): 11.30-11.40 (against 11.42-11.50 on Tuesday, 12 July)
EGX30 (Wednesday): 7,559.87 (+1.37%)
Turnover: EGP 653.5 mn (50% above the 90-day average
EGX 30 year-to-date: +7.91%
THE MARKET ON WEDNESDAY: The benchmark EGX30 climbed 1.37% yesterday SODIC (+5.7%) and Heliopolis Housing (+4.7%) led the continued winning streak. The EGX30’s largest constituent, CIB, climbed a more modest 0.5%. With market turnover at EGP 653.5 mn, regional investors were the sole net buyers.
Foreigners: Net short | EGP -17.8 mn
Regional: Net long | EGP +33.7 mn
Domestic: Net short | EGP -15.9 mn
Retail: 61.9% of total trades | 62.0% of buyers | 61.9% of sellers
Institutions: 38.1% of total trades | 38.0% of buyers | 38.1% of sellers
Foreign: 14.4% of total | 13.0% of buyers | 15.7% of sellers
Regional: 10.5% of total | 13.1% of buyers | 7.9% of sellers
Domestic: 75.1% of total | 73.9% of buyers | 76.4% of sellers
WTI: USD 45.18 (+0.96%)
Brent: USD 46.66 (+0.86%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 2.76 MMBtu, (+0.73%, Aug 2016 contract)
Gold: USD 1,346.70 / troy ounce (+0.23%)
TASI: 6,691.2 (+1.0%) (YTD: -3.2%)
ADX: 4,574.1 (+0.7%) (YTD: +6.2%)
DFM: 3,483.9 (+1.4%) (YTD: +10.6%)
KSE Weighted Index: 348.6 (-0.1%) (YTD: -8.7%)
QE: 10,319.7 (+1.8%) (YTD: -1.1%)
MSM: 5,915.5 (+1.1%) (YTD: +9.4%)
BB: 1,174.4 (+0.7%) (YTD: -3.4%)