BY THE NUMBERS
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 18.0844 | Sell 18.1900
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 18.10 | Sell 18.20
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 18.00 | Sell 18.10
EGX30 (Wednesday): 12,879 (-0.2%)
Turnover: EGP 815 mn (87% above the 90-day average)
EX 30 year-to-date: +4.3%
THE MARKET ON WEDNESDAY: The EGX30 ended Wednesday’s session down 0.2%. CIB, the index heaviest constituent inched up by 0.1%. The EGX30’s top performing constituents were: Domty up 3.4%, Juhayna up 3.2%, and ACC up 2.0%. Yesterday’s worst performing stocks included Credit Agricole, Egyptian Iron & Steel, and Pioneers Holding all down 1.5%. The market turnover was EGP 815 million, and foreign investors were the sole net buyers.
Foreigners: Net Long | EGP +88.8 mn
Regional: Net Short | EGP -22.6 mn
Domestic: Net Short | EGP -66.2 mn
Retail: 69.4% of total trades | 68.2% of buyers | 70.6% of sellers
Institutions: 30.6% of total trades | 31.8% of buyers | 29.4% of sellers
Foreign: 13.4% of total | 18.8% of buyers | 8.0% of sellers
Regional: 7.1% of total | 5.7% of buyers | 8.4% of sellers
Domestic: 79.5% of total | 75.5% of buyers | 83.6% of sellers
WTI: USD 48.23 (+0.40%)
Brent: USD 50.64 (-0.63%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 3.02 MMBtu, (+0.33%, April 2017 contract)
Gold: USD 1,246.70 / troy ounce (-0.24%)
TASI: 6,832.3 (-1.2%) (YTD: -5.2%)
ADX: 4,481.9 (-0.7%) (YTD: -1.4%)
DFM: 3,474.7 (-0.6%) (YTD: -1.6%)
KSE Weighted Index: 423.0 (-0.6%) (YTD: +11.3%)
QE: 10,396.0 (-0.9%) (YTD: -0.4%)
MSM: 5,617.7 (-0.2%) (YTD: -2.9%)
BB: 1,367.0 (+0.1%) (YTD: +12.0%)