BY THE NUMBERS
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 18.7422 | Sell 18.9046
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 18.651 | Sell 18.751
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 18.6 | Sell 18.7
EGX30 (Wednesday): 13,304.44 (-0.98%)
Turnover: EGP 2.117 bn (386% above the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: +7.772%
THE MARKET ON WEDNESDAY: The EGX30 ended Wednesday’s session 1.0% down. Wednesday’s top performing stocks were Edita, Eastern Company, and Orascom Construction. Wednesday’s worst performing stocks included Juhayna, Ezz Steel, and Telecom Egypt. The market turnover was EGP 2.1 bn and foreign investors were the sole net buyers.
Foreigners: Net long | EGP +136.9 mn
Regional: Net short | EGP -13.6 mn
Domestic: Net short | EGP -123.2 mn
Retail: 71.5% of total trades | 71.8% of buyers | 71.3% of sellers
Institutions: 28.5% of total trades | 28.2% of buyers | 28.7% of sellers
Foreign: 14.5% of total | 17.7% of buyers | 11.3% of sellers
Regional: 10.5% of total | 10.2% of buyers | 10.8% of sellers
Domestic: 75.0% of total | 72.1% of buyers | 77.9% of sellers
WTI: USD 51.48 (+0.78%)
Brent: USD 54.38 (+0.85%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 3.32 MMBtu, (+0.51%, February 2017 contract)
Gold: USD 1,203 / troy ounce (-0.69%)
TASI: 6,853.45 (-0.29%) (YTD: -4.95%)
ADX: 4,695.91 (+0.70%) (YTD: +3.29%)
DFM: 3,694.14 (+0.59%) (YTD: +4.62%)
KSE Weighted Index: 407.86 (-0.29%) (YTD: +7.31%)
QE: 10,880.15 (-0.44%) (YTD: +4.25%)
MSM: 5,720.77 (-0.29%) (YTD: -1.07%)
BB: 1,233.78 (+0.36%) (YTD: +1.09%)