BY THE NUMBERS
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 18.1070 | Sell 18.4937
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 18.05 | Sell 18.55
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 18.1 | Sell 18.35
EGX30 (Tuesday): 11385.1 (-0.52%)
Turnover: EGP 1.3 bn (197% above the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: +62.5%
THE MARKET ON TUESDAY: EGX30 index heavyweight CIB fell 1.2% yesterday, sending the benchmark down 0.5% at Tuesday’s close. Among the few shares to close in the green: Ezz Steel (up 4.1%), Cairo Oils and Soap (+1.6%) and Palm Hills (+0.3%). The day’s biggest decliners included Domty (down 9.9%), Arabian Cement (-6.1%) and Heliopolis Housing (-5.3%). Local investors were the sole net sellers of the day.
Foreigners: Net Long | EGP +96.8 mn
Regional: Net Long | EGP +44.0 mn
Domestic: Net Short | EGP -140.8 mn
Retail: 69.7% of total trades | 71.9% of buyers | 67.6% of sellers
Institutions: 30.3% of total trades | 28.1% of buyers | 32.4% of sellers
Foreign: 15.9% of total | 19.6% of buyers | 12.1% of sellers
Regional: 12.0% of total | 13.7% of buyers | 10.3% of sellers
Domestic: 72.1% of total | 66.7% of buyers | 77.6% of sellers
WTI: USD 52.35 (-1.19%)
Brent: USD 55.12 (-1.08%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 3.48 MMBtu, (+0.12%, January 2017 contract)
Gold: USD 1,161.90 / troy ounce (+0.25%)
TASI: 7,108.4 (-0.8%) (YTD: +2.85%)
ADX: 4,539.9 (-0.2%) (YTD: +5.40%)
DFM: 3,625.2 (-0.9%) (YTD: +15.05%)
KSE Weighted Index: 380.1 (+0.4%) (YTD: -0.42%)
QE: 10,397.6 (+0.7%) (YTD: -0.30%)
MSM: 5,732.4 (+0.6%) (YTD: +6.03%)
BB: 1,188.12 (-0.2%) (YTD: -2.28%)