BY THE NUMBERS
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 17.6874 | Sell 17.7974
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 17.75 | Sell 17.85
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 17.66 | Sell 17.76
EGX30 (Monday): 12,929 (+0.1%)
Turnover: EGP 1.2 bn (165% above the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: +4.7%
THE MARKET ON MONDAY: The EGX30 ended Monday’s session up 0.1%. CIB, the index heaviest constituent declined by 1.2%. The EGX30’s top performing constituents were: Oriental Weavers up 5.4%, Pioneers Holding up 4.1%, and Heliopolis Housing up 1.8%. Yesterday’s worst performing stocks included Egyptian Iron and Steel down 6.1%, Cairo Oils and Soap down 5.1%, and GB Auto down 4.9%. The market turnover was EGP1.2 billion, and foreign investors were the sole net buyers.
Foreigners: Net Long | EGP + 173.0 mn
Regional: Net Short | EGP – 17.1 mn
Domestic: Net Short | EGP – 155.9 mn
Retail: 60.2% of total trades | 58.5% of buyers | 61.8% of sellers
Institutions: 39.8% of total trades | 41.5% of buyers | 38.2% of sellers
Foreign: 20.7% of total | 28.2% of buyers | 13.2% of sellers
Regional: 9.8% of total | 9.0% of buyers | 10.5% of sellers
Domestic: 69.5% of total | 62.8% of buyers | 76.3% of sellers
WTI: USD 48.39 (-0.02%)
Brent: USD 51.35 (-0.04%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 3.02 MMBtu, (-0.69%, April 2017 contract)
Gold: USD 1,202.00 / troy ounce (-0.09%)
TASI: 6,787.8 (-0.7%) (YTD: -5.9%)
ADX: 4,382.3 (-1.2%) (YTD: -3.6%)
DFM: 3,501.2 (+0.6%) (YTD: -0.8%)
KSE Weighted Index: 419.1 (-0.4%) (YTD: +10.3%)
QE: 10,361.4 (-1.2%) (YTD: -0.7%)
MSM: 5,715.8 (-0.4%) (YTD: -1.2%)
BB: 1,370.8 (+0.4%) (YTD: +12.3%)