BY THE NUMBERS
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 18.0806 | Sell 18.1853
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 18.10 | Sell 18.20
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 18.00 | Sell 18.10
EGX30 (Monday): 12,970 (-1.1%)
Turnover: EGP 1.1 bn (144% above the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: +5.1%
THE MARKET ON MONDAY: The EGX30 ended Monday’s session down 1.1%. CIB, the index heaviest constituent ended 0.8% down. EGX30’s top performing constituents were: Arab Cotton Ginning up 3.2%, Egyptian Iron & Steel up 2.2%, and Credit Agricole up 0.6%. Yesterday’s worst performing stocks included Oriental Weavers down 4.2%, Amer Group down 3.1%, and Ezz Steel down 2.7%. The market turnover was EGP 1.1 billion, and foreign investors were the sole net buyers.
Foreigners: Net Long | EGP + 117.1 mn
Regional: Net Short | EGP – 38.8 mn
Domestic: Net Short | EGP – 78.3 mn
Retail: 71.4% of total trades | 69.9% of buyers | 72.9% of sellers
Institutions: 28.6% of total trades | 30.1% of buyers | 27.1% of sellers
Foreign: 17.9% of total | 23.4% of buyers | 12.4% of sellers
Regional: 6.0% of total | 4.2% of buyers | 7.8% of sellers
Domestic: 76.1% of total | 72.4% of buyers | 79.8% of sellers
WTI: USD 47.98 (+0.52%)
Brent: USD 50.96 (+0.39%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 3.04 MMBtu, (-0.52%, April 2017 contract)
Gold: USD 1,256.80 / troy ounce (-0.16%)
TASI: 6,852.1 (-0.3%) (YTD: -5.0%)
ADX: 4,465.3 (0.0%) (YTD: -1.8%)
DFM: 3,454.4 (-0.4%) (YTD: -2.2%)
KSE Weighted Index: 421.4 (-0.2%) (YTD: +10.9%)
QE: 10,428.5 (+0.2%) (YTD: -0.1%)
MSM: 5,603.8 (-0.9%) (YTD: -3.1%)
BB: 1,382.71 (+0.3%) (YTD: +13.3%)