BY THE NUMBERS
USD CBE auction (Tuesday, 25 Oct): 8.78 (unchanged since 16 March 2016)
USD parallel market (Tuesday, 25 Oct): 16.10 (from 16.05 on Monday morning, 24 Oct, Reuters)
EGX30 (Tuesday): 8,261.14 (+0.4%)
Turnover: EGP 625.03 mn (44% above the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: +17.91%
THE MARKET ON TUESDAY: EGX30 closed Tuesday’s trading session 0.4% up. Today’s top performers were Egypt Kuwait Holding, Edita, and Porto Group. On the flip side, today’s worst performers were Global Telecom, Arab Cotton Ginning, and Domty. With market turnover at EGP 625.0 mn, local investors were the sole net sellers.
Foreigners: Net long | EGP +20.3 mn
Regional: Net long | EGP +67.4 mn
Domestic: Net short | EGP -87.7 mn
Retail: 61.2% of total trades | 60.7% of buyers | 61.7% of sellers
Institutions: 38.8% of total trades | 39.3% of buyers | 38.3% of sellers
Foreign: 14.3% of total | 16.0% of buyers | 12.7% of sellers
Regional: 14.4% of total | 19.8% of buyers | 9.1% of sellers
Domestic: 71.3% of total | 64.2% of buyers | 78.2% of sellers
WTI: USD 49.32 (-1.28%)
Brent: USD 50.21 (-1.14%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 2.76 MMBtu, (-0.68%, November contract)
Gold: USD 1,276.50 / troy ounce (+0.23%)<br
TASI: 5,882.4 (+1.5%) (YTD: -14.9%)
ADX: 4,264.4 (-0.6%) (YTD: -1.0%)
DFM: 3,336.8 (-0.7%) (YTD: +5.9%)
KSE Weighted Index: 355.3 (+1.9%) (YTD: -6.9%)
QE: 10,404.2 (0.0%) (YTD: -0.2%)
MSM: 5,522.9 (-0.2%) (YTD: +2.2%)
BB: 1,143.5 (-0.4%) (YTD: -6.0%)