BY THE NUMBERS
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 18.3675 | Sell 18.5283
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 18.555 | Sell 18.655
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 18.5 | Sell 18.6
EGX30 (Tuesday): 13,014.54 (+1.83%)
Turnover: EGP 1.753 bn (303% above the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: +5.42%
THE MARKET ON TUESDAY: The EGX ended Tuesday’s session 1.8% up. CIB, the heaviest stock of the EGX30 supported the index as its share price jumped 2.9%. Thursday’s top performing stocks were ACC, Eastern Co, and Heliopolis Housing. Thursday’s worst performing stocks included Amer Group, Arabia Investments, and Orascom Telecom Media and Technology. The market turnover was EGP 1.8 bn and foreign investors were the sole net sellers.
Foreigners: Net short | EGP -20.0 mn
Regional: Net long | EGP +13.5 mn
Domestic: Net long | EGP +6.5 mn
Retail: 71.1% of total trades | 72.5% of buyers | 69.7% of sellers
Institutions: 28.9% of total trades | 27.5% of buyers | 30.3% of sellers
Foreign: 14.6% of total | 14.1% of buyers | 15.2% of sellers
Regional: 8.4% of total | 8.7% of buyers | 8.0% of sellers
Domestic: 77.0% of total | 77.2% of buyers | 76.8% of sellers
WTI: USD 50.78 (-2.27%)
Brent: USD 53.62 (-2.40%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 3.27 MMBtu, (+5.38%, February 2017 contract)
Gold: USD 1,187.60 / troy ounce (+0.23%)
TASI: 7,008.03 (-1.04%) (YTD: -2.81%)
ADX: 4,668.31 (+0.10%) (YTD: +2.68%)
DFM: 3,725.06 (+0.10%) (YTD: +5.50%)
KSE Weighted Index: 388.71 (+0.07%) (YTD: +2.27%)
QE: 10,700.47 (-0.01%) (YTD: +2.53%)
MSM: 5,779.81 (-0.30%) (YTD: -0.05%)
BB: 1,210.00 (+0.30%) (YTD: -0.86%)