BY THE NUMBERS
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 18.7619 | Sell 18.8896
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 18.701 | Sell 18.801
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 18.7 | Sell 18.75
EGX30 (Tuesday): 12,672.49 (-1.96%)
Turnover: EGP 1.394 bn (221% above the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: +2.653%
THE MARKET ON TUESDAY: The EGX30 ended Tuesday’s session down 2.0%. Only two stocks ended the day in positive territory: Eastern Co and Global Telecom. Tuesday’s worst performing stocks included Cairo Oils and Soap, Elsewedy Electric and Palm Hills. Market turnover was EGP 1.4 bn and foreign investors were the sole net sellers.
Foreigners: Net short | EGP -135.0 mn
Regional: Net long | EGP +112.0 mn
Domestic: Net long | EGP +23.0 mn
Retail: 50.8% of total trades | 52.8% of buyers | 48.8% of sellers
Institutions: 49.2% of total trades | 47.2% of buyers | 51.2% of sellers
Foreign: 28.0% of total | 23.2% of buyers | 32.9% of sellers
Regional: 13.5% of total | 17.5% of buyers | 9.5% of sellers
Domestic: 58.5% of total | 59.3% of buyers | 57.6% of sellers
WTI: USD 52.75 (-0.11%)
Brent: USD 55.70 (+0.85%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 3.13 MMBtu, (+0.32%, March 2017 contract)
Gold: USD 1,209.70 / troy ounce (+0.09%)
TASI: 7,101.86 (-0.43%) (YTD: -1.51%)
ADX: 4,548.82 (-0.92%) (YTD: +0.05%)
DFM: 3,642.85 (-0.98%) (YTD: +3.17%)
KSE Weighted Index: 427.38 (-0.52%) (YTD: +12.44%)
QE: 10,597.22 (-1.40%) (YTD: +1.54%)
MSM: 5,776.17 (+0.43%) (YTD: -0.11%)
BB: 1,303.70 (-0.03%) (YTD: +6.82%)