BY THE NUMBERS
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 19.0614 | Sell 19.5186
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 18.65 | Sell 18.95
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 18.80 | Sell 19.00
EGX30 (Wednesday): 12,366.96 (+1.8%)
Turnover: EGP 2.1 bn (392% above the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: +76.5193%
THE MARKET ON WEDNESDAY: The EGX30 closed up 1.8% yesterday, with top performing shares including EFG Hermes, Ezz Steel, and Orascom Telecom Media and Technology. On the downside, the worst performing stocks included ACC, Elsewedy Electric, and Domty. Market turnover was EGP 2.1 bn and local investors were the sole net sellers.
Foreigners: Net long | EGP +75.7 mn
Regional: Net long | EGP +90.9 mn
Domestic: Net short | EGP -166.6 mn
Retail: 73.5% of total trades | 71.8% of buyers | 75.3% of sellers
Institutions: 26.5% of total trades | 28.2% of buyers | 24.7% of sellers
Foreign: 11.8% of total | 13.6% of buyers | 10.1% of sellers
Regional: 12.3% of total | 14.4% of buyers | 10.1% of sellers
Domestic: 75.9% of total | 72.0% of buyers | 79.8% of sellers
WTI: USD 52.54 (-1.43%)
Brent: USD 54.53 (-1.48%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 3.59 MMBtu, (+9.96%, January 2017 contract)
Gold: USD 1,132.70 / troy ounce (-0.08%)
TASI: 7,056.7 (+0.4%) (YTD: +2.10%)
ADX: 4,467.2 (-0.3%) (YTD: +3.71%)
DFM: 3,520.2 (-0.4%) (YTD: +11.72%)
KSE Weighted Index: 377.5 (+0.2%) (YTD: -1.10%)
QE: 10,392.2 (0%) (YTD: -0.36%)
MSM: 5,728.1 (+0.2%) (YTD: +5.95%)
BB: 1,192.55 (+0.10%) (YTD: -1.92%)