BY THE NUMBERS
USD CBE auction (Sunday, 30 Oct): 8.78 (unchanged since 16 March 2016)
USD parallel market (Monday, 31 Oct): EGP 18.0 – 18.2 (from 17.50 on Sunday morning, 30 Oct, Reuters)
EGX30 (Monday): 8386.03 (+0.34%)
Turnover: EGP 492.56 mn (13% above the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: +19.69%
Foreigners: Net short | EGP -48.4 mn
Regional: Net long | EGP +15.3 mn
Domestic: Net long | EGP +33.1 mn
THE MARKET ON MONDAY: The EGX30 closed up 0.3% after starting off the day in the red. Top gainers were Domty (up 6.0%), Edita (+4.6%) and OC (+4.3%). GTH and CIB were the day’s worst performers, each down a bit more than 1%. Trading was moderate, with total turnover at EGP 492.6 mn and foreign investors the sole net sellers.
Retail: 67.0% of total trades | 69.0% of buyers | 65.1% of sellers
Institutions: 33.0% of total trades | 31.0% of buyers | 34.9% of sellers
Foreign: 20.4% of total | 15.4% of buyers | 25.3% of sellers
Regional: 8.1% of total | 9.7% of buyers | 6.5% of sellers
Domestic: 71.5% of total | 74.9% of buyers | 68.2% of sellers
WTI: USD 46.97 (+0.23%)
Brent: USD 48.90 (+0.60%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 3.00 MMBtu, (-0.89, December 2016 contract)
Gold: USD 1,278.00 / troy ounce (+0.38%)
TASI: 6,012.2 (+0.6%) (YTD: -13.0%)
ADX: 4,300.2 (+0.3%) (YTD: -0.2%)
DFM: 3,332.4 (+0.3%) (YTD: +5.8%)
KSE Weighted Index: 354.0 (+0.1%) (YTD: -7.2%)
QE: 10,173.0 (+0.3%) (YTD: -2.5%)
MSM: 5,481.4 (-0.0%) (YTD: +1.4%)
BB: 1,148.8 (-0.2%) (YTD: -5.5%)