BY THE NUMBERS
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 17.9935 | Sell 18.0950
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 18.00 | Sell 18.10
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 17.95 | Sell 18.05
EGX30 (Monday): 12,849 (-0.4%)
Turnover: EGP 745.1 mn (36% above the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: +4.1%
THE MARKET ON MONDAY: The EGX30 ended Monday’s session down 0.4%. CIB, the index heaviest constituent ended up 0.1%. EGX30’s top performing constituents were: ACC up 2.6%, Pioneers Holding up 1.1%, and Orascom Construction up 1.0%. Yesterday’s worst performing stocks included: Global Telecom down 3.0%, Egyptian Iron and Steel down 1.5%, and Orascom Telecom Media and Technology down 1.4%. The market turnover was EGP 745.1 million, and foreign investors were the sole net buyers.
Foreigners: Net Long | EGP +22.8 mn
Regional: Net Short | EGP -4.2 mn
Domestic: Net Short | EGP -18.6 mn
Retail: 69.7% of total trades | 73.9% of buyers | 65.6% of sellers
Institutions: 30.3% of total trades | 26.1% of buyers | 34.4% of sellers
Foreign: 17.1% of total | 18.6% of buyers | 15.6% of sellers
Regional: 6.1% of total | 5.9% of buyers | 6.4% of sellers
Domestic: 76.8% of total | 75.5% of buyers | 78.0% of sellers
WTI: USD 53.17 (+0.17%)
Brent: USD 56.06 (+0.14%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 3.25 MMBtu, (+0.46%, May 2017 contract)
Gold: USD 1,257.80 / troy ounce (+0.31%)
TASI: 7,062.2 (+0.1%) (YTD: -2.1%)
ADX: 4,571.7 (-0.4%) (YTD: +0.6%)
DFM: 3,536.5 (-0.5%) (YTD: +0.2%)
KSE Weighted Index: 420.9 (-0.2%) (YTD: +10.7%)
QE: 10,485.0 (-0.2%) (YTD: +0.5%)
MSM: 5,579.0 (-0.3%) (YTD: -3.5%)
BB: 1,362.7 (-0.9%) (YTD: +11.7%)