BY THE NUMBERS
USD CBE auction (Sunday, 23 Oct): 8.78 (unchanged since 16 March 2016)
USD parallel market (Monday, 24 Oct): 16.05 (from 15.60 on Sunday morning, 23 Oct, Al Borsa)
EGX30 (Monday): 8,228.13 (-0.56%)
Turnover: EGP 531.92 mn (28% above the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: +17.44%
THE MARKET ON MONDAY: EGX30 ended Monday’s trading session 0.6% down. Today’s top performers were Edita, ACC, and Egypt Kuwait Holding. On the flip side, today’s worst performers were Elsaeed Contracting, Global Telecom, and Egyptian Iron and Steel. At a market turnover of EGP 531.9 mn, regional investors were the sole net buyers.
Foreigners: Net short | EGP -1.5 mn
Regional: Net long | EGP +2.4 mn
Domestic: Net short | EGP -0.9 mn
Retail: 54.7% of total trades | 56.8% of buyers | 52.6% of sellers
Institutions: 45.3% of total trades | 43.2% of buyers | 47.4% of sellers
Foreign: 26.0% of total | 25.8% of buyers | 26.1% of sellers
Regional: 14.0% of total | 14.3% of buyers | 13.8% of sellers
Domestic: 60.0% of total | 59.9% of buyers | 60.1% of sellers
WTI: USD 50.42 (-0.2%)
Brent: USD 51.46 (-0.62%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 2.86 MMBtu, (-0.7%, November 2016 contract)
Gold: USD 1,264.90 / troy ounce (+0.09%)
TASI: 5,796.9 (+1.0%) (YTD: -16.1%)
ADX: 4,289.4 (-0.2%) (YTD: -0.4%)
DFM: 3,359.4 (+0.1%) (YTD: +6.6)
KSE Weighted Index: 348.7 (+0.1%) (YTD: -8.6%)
QE: 10,406.3 (-0.3%) (YTD: -0.2%)
MSM: 5,531.5 (-0.1%) (YTD: +2.3%)
BB: 1,148.6 (+0.1%) (YTD: -5.5%)