BY THE NUMBERS
USD CBE auction (Tuesday, 18 Oct): 8.78 (unchanged since 16 March 2016)
USD parallel market (Wednesday, 19 Oct): 15.50 (from 15.40 on Sunday morning, 16 Oct, Al Mal)
EGX30 (Wednesday): 8,160.4 (-0.65%)
Turnover: EGP 623.23 mn (43% above the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: +16.47%
THE MARKET ON WEDNESDAY: EGX30 closed 0.7% down. The day’s best performers were EFG Hermes, GB Auto, and Orascom Construction. On the flip side, today’s worst performers were Emaar Misr, Arabia Investments, and Edita. At a market turnover of EGP 623.2 mn, and foreign investors were the sole net sellers.
Foreigners: Net short | EGP – 63.9 mn
Regional: Net long | EGP + 48.4 mn
Domestic: Net long | EGP +15.5 mn
Retail: 52.6% of total trades | 50.9% of buyers | 54.3% of sellers
Institutions: 47.4% of total trades | 49.1% of buyers | 45.7% of sellers
Foreign: 32.7% of total | 27.6% of buyers | 37.8% of sellers
Regional: 8.0% of total | 11.9% of buyers | 4.2% of sellers
Domestic: 59.3% of total | 60.5% of buyers | 58.0% of sellers
WTI: USD 51.39 (-0.41%)
Brent: USD 52.56 (-0.21%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 3.18 MMBtu (+0.25%, November 2016 contract)
Gold: USD 1,273.30 / troy ounce (+0.27%)
TASI: 5,522.6 (+1.1%) (YTD: -20.1%)
ADX: 4,309.0 (+0.9%) (YTD: 0.0%)
DFM: 3,319.5 (0.0%) (YTD: +5.3%)
KSE Weighted Index: 344.7 (+0.5%) (YTD: -9.7%)
QE: 10,452.1 (-0.3%) (YTD: +0.2%)
MSM: 5,592.9 (+0.2%) (YTD: +3.5%)
BB: 1,144.5 (+0.7%) (YTD: -5.9%)