BY THE NUMBERS
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 16.5103 | Sell 16.6138
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 16.5 | Sell 16.6
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 16.53 | Sell 16.58
EGX30 (Tuesday): 12,503.73 (-1.85%)
Turnover: EGP 1.021 bn (143% above the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: +1.286%
THE MARKET ON TUESDAY: The EGX ended Tuesday’s session 1.9% down. The top performing constituents were Domty, Arab Cotton Ginning, and Porto Group. Tuesday’s worst performing stocks included Telecom Egypt, Oriental Weavers, and Egyptian Iron and Steel. The market turnover was EGP 1.1 bn and local investors were the sole net sellers.
Foreigners: Net long | EGP +4.0 mn
Regional: Net long | EGP +19.8 mn
Domestic: Net short | EGP -23.8 mn
Retail: 57.7% of total trades | 59.0% of buyers | 56.5% of sellers
Institutions: 42.3% of total trades | 41.0% of buyers | 43.5% of sellers
Foreign: 23.7% of total | 23.9% of buyers | 23.5% of sellers
Regional: 4.5% of total | 5.4% of buyers | 3.6% of sellers
Domestic: 71.8% of total | 70.7% of buyers | 72.9% of sellers
WTI: USD 53.06 (-0.26%)
Brent: USD 55.97 (+0.68%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 2.94 MMBtu, (+1.03%, March 2017 contract)
Gold: USD 1,229.30 / troy ounce (+0.32%)
TASI: 7,032.65 (-0.38%) (YTD: -2.47%)
ADX: 4,572.57 (+0.19%) (YTD: +0.58%)
DFM: 3,652.82 (+0.42%) (YTD: +3.45%)
KSE Weighted Index: 424.09 (+1.20%) (YTD: +11.58%)
QE: 10,670.51 (+0.07%) (YTD: +2.24%)
MSM: 5,819.08 (+0.06%) (YTD: +0.63%)
BB: 1,308.49 (+0.05%) (YTD: +7.21%)