BY THE NUMBERS
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 17.8823 | Sell 17.9937
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 17.6 | Sell 17.7
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 17.77 | Sell 17.82
EGX30 (Thursday): 13,114.86 (-0.86%)
Turnover: EGP 978.6 mn (125% above the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: +6.237%
THE MARKET ON THURSDAY: The EGX30 ended Thursday’s session 0.9% down. The top performing constituents were Egyptian Iron and Steel, Domty, and Telecom Egypt. Thursday’s worst performing stocks included Ezz Steel, Sidi Kerir Petrochemicals, and Oriental Weavers. The market turnover was EGP 979 mn and local investors were the sole net buyers.
Foreigners: Net short | EGP -7.8 mn
Regional: Net short | EGP -29.4 mn
Domestic: Net long | EGP +37.2 mn
Retail: 57.6% of total trades | 59.8% of buyers | 55.4% of sellers
Institutions: 42.4% of total trades | 40.2% of buyers | 44.6% of sellers
Foreign: 24.9% of total | 24.5% of buyers | 25.3% of sellers
Regional: 5.4% of total | 3.9% of buyers | 6.9% of sellers
Domestic: 69.7% of total | 71.6% of buyers | 67.8% of sellers
WTI: USD 53.86 (+1.62%)
Brent: USD 56.70 (+1.92%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 3.03 MMBtu, (-3.41%, March 2017 contract)
Gold: USD 1,235.90 / troy ounce (-0.07%)
TASI: 6,969.26 (+0.03%) (YTD: -3.34%)
ADX: 4,569.49 (-0.10%) (YTD: +0.51%)
DFM: 3,682.81 (-1.16%) (YTD: +4.30%)
KSE Weighted Index: 420.28 (-1.30%) (YTD: +10.57%)
QE: 10,629.13 (-0.23%) (YTD: +1.84%)
MSM: 5,819.52 (-0.14%) (YTD: +0.64%)
BB: 1,306.83 (-0.25%) (YTD: +7.08%)