BY THE NUMBERS
USD CBE auction (Tuesday, 23 Aug): 8.78 (unchanged since Wednesday, 16 March)
USD parallel market (Sunday, 28 Aug): 12.70 sell and 12.50 buy (unchanged since Thursday, 25 Aug, Al Mal)
EGX30 (Sunday): 8,052.2 (-1.0%)
Turnover: EGP 259.1 mn (40% below the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: +14.9%
THE MARKET ON SUNDAY: EGX30 fell 1.0%. The top gainers were Egyptian Resorts, Emaar Misr, and CIB. The worst performers were TMGH, OTMT, and Amer Group. At a market turnover of EGP 259.1 mn, foreign investors were the sole net sellers.
Foreigners: Net short | EGP – 36.0 mn
Regional: Net long | EGP + 5.2 mn
Domestic: Net long | EGP + 30.8 mn
Retail: 72.5% of total trades | 74.7% of buyers | 70.2% of sellers
Institutions: 27.5% of total trades | 25.3% of buyers | 29.8% of sellers
Foreign: 14.0% of total | 7.0% of buyers | 20.9% of sellers
Regional: 4.0% of total | 5.0% of buyers | 3.0% of sellers
Domestic: 82.0% of total | 88.0% of buyers | 76.1% of sellers
WTI: USD 47.10 (-1.19%)
Brent: USD 49.92 (+0.00%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 2.85 MMBtu, (-0.70%, Sep 2016 contract)
Gold: USD 1,319.50 / troy ounce (-0.48%)
TASI: 6,071.4 (+1.6%) (YTD: -12.2%)
ADX: 4,499.7 (-0.4%) (YTD: 4.5%)
DFM: 3,490.3 (-0.1%) (YTD: 10.8%)
KSE Weighted Index: 346.4 (-0.6%) (YTD: -9.2%)
QE: 11,197.5 (+0.6%) (YTD: +7.4%)
MSM: 5,809.3 (-0.2%) (YTD: +7.5%)
BB: 1,139.3 (-0.6%) (YTD: -6.3%)