BY THE NUMBERS
USD CBE auction (Tuesday, 27 Sep): 8.78 (unchanged since 16 March 2016)
USD parallel market (Tuesday, 27 Sep): 12.99-13.15 (up from 12.87 on Monday, 26 Sep, Bloomberg, Al Borsa)
EGX30 (Tuesday): 7,948.9 (-0.3%)
Turnover: EGP 793.8 mn (82% above the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: +13.5%
THE MARKET ON TUESDAY: The EGX30 closed down 0.3%. The top performers were Orascom Construction, Cairo Oils and Soap, and EFG Hermes. The worst performers were Amer Group, Qalaa Holdings, and ACC. Market turnover was EGP 793.8 mn with foreign investors the sole net buyers of the day.
Foreigners: Net long | EGP +172.3 mn
Regional: Net short | EGP -147.2 mn
Domestic: Net short | EGP -25.1 mn
Retail: 25.6% of total trades | 26.1% of buyers | 25.2% of sellers
Institutions: 74.4% of total trades | 73.9% of buyers | 74.8% of sellers
Foreign: 25.4% of total | 36.2% of buyers | 14.6% of sellers
Regional: 18.6% of total | 9.4% of buyers | 27.9% of sellers
Domestic: 55.9% of total | 54.9% of buyers | 57.5% of sellers
WTI: USD 44.91 (-0.54%)
Brent: USD 46.29 (+0.70%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 2.98 MMBtu, (-0.57%, Oct 2016 contract)
Gold: USD 1,330.20 / troy ounce (-0.02%)<br
TASI: 5,730.7 (-3.8%) (YTD: -17.1%)
ADX: 4,471.7 (-0.5%) (YTD: +3.8%)
DFM: 3,466.6 (-0.8%) (YTD: +10.0%)
KSE Weighted Index: 353.8 (+0.5%) (YTD: -7.3%)
QE: 10,472.9 (-0.4%) (YTD: +0.4%)
MSM: 5,748.6 (-0.3%) (YTD: +6.3%)
BB: 1,139.5 (0.0%) (YTD: -6.3%)