BY THE NUMBERS
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 18.0363 | Sell 18.2703
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 17.86 | Sell 18.11
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 17.86 | Sell 18.11
EGX30 (Thursday): 12,824.32 (+1.71%)
Turnover: EGP 2.241 bn (415% above the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: +3.88%
THE MARKET ON THURSDAY: The EGX30 ended Thursday’s session 1.7% up. CIB, the largest constituent, closed 1.3% up. Thursday’s top performing stocks were EFG Hermes, Porto Group, and Palm Hills. Thursday’s worst performing stocks included ACC, Egyptian Iron and Steel, and Ezz Steel. The market turnover was EGP 2.2 bn and local investors were the sole net sellers.
Foreigners: Net long | EGP +122.7 mn
Regional: Net long | EGP +6.7 mn
Domestic: Net short | EGP -129.4 mn
Retail: 70.5% of total trades | 68.2% of buyers | 72.9% of sellers
Institutions: 29.5% of total trades | 31.8% of buyers | 27.1% of sellers
Foreign: 18.4% of total | 21.1% of buyers | 15.7% of sellers
Regional: 11.8% of total | 12.0% of buyers | 11.7% of sellers
Domestic: 69.8% of total | 66.9% of buyers | 72.6% of sellers
WTI: USD 53.99 (+0.43%)
Brent: USD 57.10 (+0.37%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 3.29 MMBtu, (+3.7%, February 2017 contract)
Gold: USD 1,173.40 / troy ounce (-0.67%)
TASI: 7,198.73 (+0.01%) (YTD: -0.16%)
ADX: 4,601.96 (+0.31%) (YTD: +1.22%)
DFM: 3,627.86 (+0.29%) (YTD: +2.75%)
KSE Weighted Index: 384.86 (+0.32%) (YTD: +1.25%)
QE: 10,717.34 (+0.27%) (YTD: +2.69%)
MSM: 5,792.66 (+0.62%) (YTD: +0.17%)
BB: 1,206.40 (-0.11%) (YTD: -1.15%)