BY THE NUMBERS
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 18.2950 | Sell 18.6497
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 18.15 | Sell 18.4
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 18.15 | Sell 18.4
EGX30 (Thursday): 11,326 (+0.08%)
Turnover: EGP 1.4 bn (230% above the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: +61.66%
THE MARKET ON THURSDAY: The EGX30 rose =0.1% on Thursday. The top performing stocks were Ezz Steel, Orascom Telecom Media and Technology, and Telecom Egypt. On the downside, Thursday’s worst performing stocks included Eastern Co, Porto Group, and Domty. The market turnover was EGP 1.4 bn and foreign investors were the sole net buyers.
Foreigners: Net Long | EGP +106.4 mn
Regional: Net Short | EGP -31.5 mn
Domestic: Net Short | EGP -74.9 mn
Retail: 59.2% of total trades | 55.8% of buyers | 62.5% of sellers
Institutions: 40.8% of total trades | 44.2% of buyers | 37.5% of sellers
Foreign: 23.0% of total | 26.7% of buyers | 19.3% of sellers
Regional: 5.8% of total | 4.7% of buyers | 6.9% of sellers
Domestic: 71.2% of total | 68.6% of buyers | 73.8% of sellers
WTI: USD 51.90 (+1.96%)
Brent: USD 55.21 (+2.20%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 3.42 MMBtu, (-0.55%, January 2017 contract)
Gold: USD 1,137.40 / troy ounce (+0.67%)
TASI: 7,090.9 (+0.4%) (YTD: +2.59%)
ADX: 4,463.0 (-0.8%) (YTD: +3.62%)
DFM: 3,554.45 (-0.8%) (YTD: +12.80%)
KSE Weighted Index: 378.4 (+0.2%) (YTD: -0.88%)
QE: 10,224.1 (-1.30%) (YTD: -1.97%)
MSM: 5,728.7 (-0.2%) (YTD: +5.96%)
BB: 1,188.70 (+0.03%) (YTD: -2.24%)