BY THE NUMBERS
USD CBE auction (Sunday, 16 Oct): 8.78 (unchanged since 16 March 2016)
USD parallel market (Monday, 17 Oct): 15.50 (from 15.40 on Sunday morning, 16 Oct, Al Mal)
EGX30 (Monday): 8,243.32 (-2.24%)
Turnover: EGP 969.65 mn (123% above the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: +17.66%
THE MARKET ON TUESDAY: The EGX30 kicked closed down 2.3% yesterday, adding to Sunday’s losses as all EGX30 constituents closed in negative territory save Orascom Telecom Media and Technology (up 1.8%), Orascom Construction (up 1.1%) and Cairo Oils and Soap (0.3%). Foreign investors were the sole net sellers, with market turnover at EGP 969.7 mn.
Foreigners: Net short | EGP -38.5 mn
Regional: Net long | EGP +12.1 mn
Domestic: Net long | EGP +26.4 mn
Retail: 48.0% of total trades | 51.4% of buyers | 44.6% of sellers
Institutions: 52.0% of total trades | 48.6% of buyers | 55.4% of sellers
Foreign: 33.6% of total | 31.6% of buyers | 35.6% of sellers
Regional: 10.2% of total | 10.9% of buyers | 9.6% of sellers
Domestic: 56.2% of total | 57.5% of buyers | 54.8% of sellers
WTI: USD 50.20 (+0.52%)
Brent: USD 51.75 (+0.45%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 3.26 MMBtu, (+0.49%, November 2016 contract)
Gold: USD 1,259.20 / troy ounce (+0.21%)<br
TASI: 5,564.7 (-1.2%) (YTD: -19.5%)
ADX: 4,220.4 (-2.2%) (YTD: -2.0%)
DFM: 3,272.4 (-0.9%) (YTD: +3.9%)
KSE Weighted Index: 343.2 (-0.6%) (YTD: -10.1%)
QE: 10,425.9 (+0.6%) (YTD: 0.0%)
MSM: 5,581.1 (-1.2%) (YTD: +3.2%)
BB: 1,137.5 (-0.3%) (YTD: -6.4%)