BY THE NUMBERS
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 17.31 | Sell 17.74
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 17.3 | Sell 17.75
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 17.4 | Sell 17.7
EGX30 (Wednesday): 11,550.31 (+0.26%)
Turnover: EGP 1.730 bn (298% above the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: +64.86%
THE MARKET ON TUESDAY: The Egyptian benchmark index rose by 0.3% on Wednesday’s session. CIB, which dominates the EGX30, capped the index gains as it fell 1.0%. Yesterday’s top gainers included Heliopolis Housing, Ezz Steel, and Global Telecom. Among the worst-performing shares: Porto Group, Amer Group, and Domty. Market turnover was EGP 1.7 bn and foreign investors were the sole net buyers
Foreigners: Net long | EGP +139.3 mn
Regional: Net short | EGP -51.9 mn
Domestic: Net short | EGP -87.4 mn
Retail: 76.6% of total trades | 72.2% of buyers | 81.0% of sellers
Institutions: 23.4% of total trades | 27.8% of buyers | 19.0% of sellers
Foreign: 10.3% of total | 14.3% of buyers | 6.3% of sellers
Regional: 7.8% of total | 6.3% of buyers | 9.3% of sellers
Domestic: 81.9% of total | 79.4% of buyers | 84.4% of sellers
WTI: USD 48.00 (+0;08%)
Brent: USD 49.97 (+0.04%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 3.02 MMBtu (-0.30%, December 2016 contract)
Gold: USD 1,183.90 / troy ounce (-0.45%)
TASI: 6,796.1 (+2.9%) (YTD: -1.7%)
ADX: 4,259.6 (+1.0%) (YTD: -1.1%)
DFM: 3,350.0 (+1.8%) (YTD: +6.3%)
KSE Weighted Index: 369.6 (-0.3%) (YTD: -3.2%)
QE: 9,738.8 (-0.0%) (YTD: -6.6%)
MSM: 5,521.3 (+0.0%) (YTD: +2.1%)
BB: 1,187.6 (+0.3%) (YTD: -2.3%)