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USD CBE auction (Tuesday, 06 Sep): 8.78 (unchanged since Wednesday, 16 March)
USD parallel market (Tuesday, 06 Sep): 12.75-12.77 (from 12.75 sell on Monday, 05 Sep, Reuters)
EGX30 (Tuesday): 8,202.4 (-0.83%)
Turnover: EGP 415.8 mn (4% below the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: +17.1%
THE MARKET ON TUESDAY: The EGX30 closed down 0.8%. The index’s largest constituent and Egypt’s largest private bank, CIB, dragged the index down as it fell 1.0%. Orascom Construction and Elsewedy Electric were the sole EGX30 constituents to end the session in the green. Today’s worst performers were GB Auto, Domty, and Pioneers Holding. At a market turnover of EGP 415.8 mn, regional investors were the sole net buyers.
Foreigners: Net short | EGP -7.5 mn
Regional: Net long | EGP +24.8 mn
Domestic: Net short | EGP -17.3 mn
Retail: 63.8% of total trades | 66.1% of buyers | 61.6% of sellers
Institutions: 36.2% of total trades | 33.9% of buyers | 38.4% of sellers
Foreign: 10.7% of total | 9.8% of buyers | 11.6% of sellers
Regional: 7.2% of total | 10.2% of buyers | 4.2% of sellers
Domestic: 82.1% of total | 80.0% of buyers | 84.2% of sellers
WTI: USD 44.86 (+0.07%)
Brent: USD 47.26 (-0.78%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 2.72 MMBtu, (+0.26%, Oct 2016 contract)
Gold: USD 1,353.40 / troy ounce (-0.04%)<br
TASI: 6,190.4 (-0.2%) (YTD: -10.4%)
ADX: 4,515.4 (+0.1%) (YTD: +4.8%)
DFM: 3,544.2 (-0.1%) (YTD: +12.5%)
KSE Weighted Index: 347.1 (+0.3%) (YTD: -9.1%)
QE: 10,713.2 (-1.2%) (YTD: +2.7%)
MSM: 5,769.4 (+0.4%) (YTD: +6.7%)
BB: 1,128.1 (-0.6%) (YTD: -7.2%)