BY THE NUMBERS
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 18.1454 | Sell 18.4654
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 17.85 | Sell 18.16
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 17.9 | Sell 18.15
EGX30 (Tuesday): 12,425.17 (+1.09%)
Turnover: EGP 1.166 bn (168% above the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: +0.65%
THE MARKET ON TUESDAY: The EGX30 ended Tuesday’s session 1.1% up, with heavyweight CIB closing 1.2% up. Yesterday’s top performing stocks were ACC, up 5.9%, Global Telecom, up 5.8%, and Egyptian Iron and Steel, up 4.0%, while the worst performing stocks included Edita, down 1.1%, GB Auto, and EFG Hermes, down 0.6%. The market turnover was EGP 1.2 bn and foreign investors were the sole net buyers.
Foreigners: Net long | EGP +156.9 mn
Regional: Net short | EGP -4.8 mn
Domestic: Net short | EGP -152.1 mn
Retail: 68.0% of total trades | 66.5% of buyers | 69.5% of sellers
Institutions: 32.0% of total trades | 33.5% of buyers | 30.5% of sellers
Foreign: 15.7% of total | 22.4% of buyers | 8.9% of sellers
Regional: 5.9% of total | 5.7% of buyers | 6.2% of sellers
Domestic: 78.4% of total | 71.9% of buyers | 84.9% of sellers
WTI: USD 52.60 (+0.52%)
Brent: USD 55.47 (-2.38%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 3.32 MMBtu, (-0.36%, February 2017 contract)
Gold: USD 1,157.50 / troy ounce (-0.39%)
TASI: 7,250.76 (+0.05%) (YTD: +0.56%)
ADX: 4,590.31 (+1.24%) (YTD: +0.97%)
DFM: 3,558.68 (+1.80%) (YTD: +12.94%)
KSE Weighted Index: 382.20 (+0.49%) (YTD: +0.56%)
QE: 10,599.95 (+1.64%) (YTD: +1.56%)
MSM: 5,732.66 (+0.57%) (YTD: -0.87%)
BB: 1,211.13 (-0.71%) (YTD: -0.76%)