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 (Thursday): 7,583.06 (+0.31%)
Turnover: EGP 613.3 mn (41% above the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: +8.24%
THE MARKET ON THURSDAY: The benchmark EGX30 came back from an early-morning slump to close the day up 0.3%, while the broader EGX50 gained 0.3% and the EGX70 lost 0.4% by the closing bell. CIB, the EGX30’s largest constituent, lose 0.4%, while the day’s top gainers were Pioneers Holding, Arab Cotton Ginning and Global Telecom. The day’s biggest losers were Juhayna, Qalaa Holdings and Ezz Steel, all of which closed down about 2%.
Foreigners: Net short | EGP -17.0 mn
Regional: Net long | EGP +29.4 mn
Domestic: Net short | EGP -12.4 mn
Retail: 59.6% of total trades | 60.8% of buyers | 58.4% of sellers
Institutions: 40.4% of total trades | 39.2% of buyers | 41.6% of sellers
Foreign: 21.6% of total | 20.2% of buyers | 23.0% of sellers
Regional: 9/2% of total | 11.6% of buyers | 6.8% of sellers
Domestic: 69.2% of total | 68.2% of buyers | 70.2% of sellers
WTI: USD 45.95 (+0.59%)
Brent: USD 47.61 (+0.51%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 2.76 MMBtu, (0..0%, August 2016)
Gold: USD 1,327.40 / troy ounce (-0.36%)
TASI: 6,661.7 (-0.4%) (YTD: -3.62%)
ADX: 4,576.7 (+0.1%) (YTD: 6.26%)
DFM: 3,471.9 (+0.4%) (YTD: 10.18%)
KSE Weighted Index: 349.0 (+0.1%) (YTD: -8.57%)
QE: 10,428.7 (+1.1%) (YTD: -0.01%)
MSM: 5,860.0 (-0.9%) (YTD: 8.39%)
BB: 1,172.80 (-0.14%) (YTD: -3.54%)