BY THE NUMBERS
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 18.0297 | Sell 18.1326
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 18.05 | Sell 18.15
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 17.95 | Sell 18.05
EGX30 (Wednesday): 12,984 (-0.1%)
Turnover: EGP 884 mn (23% below the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: +5.2%
THE MARKET ON WEDNESDAY: The EGX30 ended Wednesday’s session down 0.1%. CIB, the index heaviest constituent ended down 0.3%. EGX30’s top performing constituents were: Telecom Egypt (up 2.1%), Ezz Steel (+1.5%), and SODIC (+1.4%). Yesterday’s worst performing stocks included: Elsewedy Electric (down 3.3%), Domty (off 2.1%) and Egyptian Resorts (down 1.7%). Total market turnover was EGP 884 million, and local investors were the sole net sellers.
Foreigners: Net Long | EGP +55.1 mn
Regional: Net Long | EGP +2.9 mn
Domestic: Net Short | EGP -58.0 mn
Retail: 64.3% of total trades | 61.9% of buyers | 66.6% of sellers
Institutions: 35.7% of total trades | 38.1% of buyers | 33.4% of sellers
Foreign: 18.2% of total | 21.4% of buyers | 15.1% of sellers
Regional: 16.2% of total | 16.3% of buyers | 16.0% of sellers
Domestic: 65.6% of total | 62.3% of buyers | 68.9% of sellers
WTI: USD 52.97 (-0.26%)
Brent: USD 55.86 (-0.66%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 3.18 MMBtu, (-0.35%, May 2017 contract)
Gold: USD 1,287.70 / troy ounce (+0.75%)
TASI: 7,099.1 (+0.9%) (YTD: -1.5%)
ADX: 4,555.1 (-0.2%) (YTD: +0.2%)
DFM: 3,540.6 (+0.2%) (YTD: +0.3%)
KSE Weighted Index: 420.3 (-0.4%) (YTD: +10.6%)
QE: 10,489.3 (+0.7%) (YTD: +0.5%)
MSM: 5,557.4 (+0.1%) (YTD: -3.9%)
BB: 1,357.3 (-0.4%) (YTD: +11.2%)