BY THE NUMBERS
USD CBE auction (Tuesday, 16 Aug): 8.78 (unchanged since Wednesday, 16 March)
USD parallel market (Wednesday, 17 August): 12.50 (buy) and 12.65 (sell) (from 12.40-12.60 on Tuesday, 16 Aug)
EGX30 (Wednesday): 8,347.4 (-0.5%)
Turnover: EGP 673.2 mn (55% above the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: +19.1%
Foreigners: Net Short | EGP -45.1 mn
Regional: Net Long | EGP +3.2 mn
Domestic: Net Long | EGP +41.9 mn
Foreign: 21.5% of total | 18.2% of buyers | 24.9% of sellers
Regional: 5.2% of total | 5.4% of buyers | 4.9% of sellers
Domestic: 73.3% of total | 76.4% of buyers | 70.2% of sellers
WTI: USD 46.83 (+0.09%)
Brent: USD 49.85 (+1.26%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 2.62 MMBtu, (-0.04%, Sep 2016 contract)
Gold: USD 1,356.7 / troy ounce (+0.59%)
TASI: 6,220.3 (-1.7%) (YTD: -10.0%)
ADX: 4,525.4 (-0.4%) (YTD: +5.1%)
DFM: 3,556.6 (-0.9%) (YTD: +12.9%)
KSE Weighted Index: 352.5 (-0.5%) (YTD: -7.6%)
QE: 11,408.8 (+0.3%) (YTD: +9.4%)
MSM: 5,894.1 (+0.1%) (YTD: +9.0%)
BB: 1,147.8 (-0.4%) (YTD: -5.6%)