BY THE NUMBERS
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 18.0341 | Sell 18.1371
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 18.05 | Sell 18.15
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 17.95 | Sell 18.05
EGX30 (Thursday): 12,967 (-0.1%)
Turnover: EGP 646 mn (43% below the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: +5.0%
THE MARKET ON THURSDAY: The EGX30 ended Thursday’s session down 0.1%. CIB, the index heaviest constituent ended down 0.5%. EGX30’s top performing constituents were: Eastern Co. up 2.4%, Juhayna up 1.6%, and Ezz Steel up 1.5%. Thursday’s worst performing stocks included: Egyptian Resorts down 2.6%, TMG Holding down 1.8% and ACC down 1.2%. The market turnover was EGP 646 million, and foreign investors were the sole net buyers.
Foreigners: Net Long | EGP +35.6 mn
Regional: Net Short | EGP -20.9 mn
Domestic: Net Short | EGP -14.7 mn
Retail: 66.6% of total trades | 62.0% of buyers | 71.3% of sellers
Institutions: 33.4% of total trades | 38.0% of buyers | 28.7% of sellers
Foreign: 13.3% of total | 16.1% of buyers | 10.6% of sellers
Regional: 20.0% of total | 18.3% of buyers | 21.6% of sellers
Domestic: 66.7% of total | 65.6% of buyers | 67.8% of sellers
WTI: USD 52.70 (+0.09%)
Brent: USD 55.36 (-0.95%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 3.16 MMBtu, (+0.03%, May 2017 contract)
Gold: USD 1,285.70 / troy ounce (-0.48%)
TASI: 7,076.9 (-0.3%) (YTD: -1.9%)
ADX: 4,518.1 (-0.8%) (YTD: -0.6%)
DFM: 3,509.3 (-0.9%) (YTD: -0.6%)
KSE Weighted Index: 416.4 (-0.9%) (YTD: +9.6%)
QE: 10,451.5 (-0.4%) (YTD: +0.1%)
MSM: 5,571.6 (+0.3%) (YTD: -3.7%)
BB: 1,356.2 (-0.1%) (YTD: +11.1%)