BY THE NUMBERS
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 15.1786 | Sell 15.8857
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 15.15 | Sell 15.75
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 15.25 | Sell 15.75
EGX30 (Tuesday): 10,640.57 (-0.5%)
Turnover: EGP 1.761 bn (305% above the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: +51.87%
THE MARKET ON TUESDAY: The EGX30 closed down 0.5%. The Index’s heavy weight constituents, including CIB and Global Telecom, pulled the index down as their share prices fell 1.5%, and 1.9% respectively. Yesterday’s top gainers were Porto Group, Arab Cotton Ginning, and Amer Group. On the downside, Tuesday’s worst performing stocks included Domty, Edita, Eastern Co. Market turnover was a very healthy EGP 1.8 bn, with regional investors were the sole net sellers.
Foreigners: Net long | EGP +79.1 mn
Regional: Net short | EGP -86.7 mn
Domestic: Net long | EGP +7.6 mn
Retail: 69.0% of total trades | 72.2% of buyers | 65.8% of sellers
Institutions: 31.0% of total trades | 27.8% of buyers | 34.2% of sellers
Foreign: 9.2% of total | 11.4% of buyers | 7.0% of sellers
Regional: 17.0% of total | 14.6% of buyers | 19.5% of sellers
Domestic: 73.8% of total | 74.0% of buyers | 73.5% of sellers
WTI: USD 45.55 (-0.57%)
Brent: USD 46.77 (-0.38%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 2.71 MMBtu, (-0.11%, December 2016 contract)
Gold: USD 1,231.60 / troy ounce (+0.58%)
TASI: 6,492.86 (-2.09%) (YTD: -6.06%)
ADX: 4,180.83 (-0.10%) (YTD: -2.94%)
DFM: 3,196.62 (-0.19%) (YTD: +1.45%)
KSE Weighted Index: 370.36 (+1.65%) (YTD: -2.97%)
QE: 9,679.92 (-0.67%) (YTD: -7.19%)
MSM: 5,481.97 (+1.20%) (YTD: +1.40%)
BB: 1,161.25 (0.00%) (YTD: -4.49%)