BY THE NUMBERS
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 18.0356 | Sell 18.1385
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 18.05 | Sell 18.15
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 17.95 | Sell 18.05
EGX30 (Wednesday): 12,895 (-1.0%)
Turnover: EGP 733 mn (35% below the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: +4.5%
THE MARKET ON WEDNESDAY: The EGX30 ended Wednesday’s session down 1.0%. CIB, the index heaviest constituent ended down 1.0%. EGX30’s top performing constituents were: Juhayna up 2.5%, Oriental Weavers up 0.8%, and GB Auto up 0.4%. Yesterday’s worst performing stocks included: TMG Holding down 4.3%, ACC down 4.1% and Orascom Telecom Media & Technology down 4.1%. Market turnover was EGP 733 mn, and local investors were the sole net sellers.
Foreigners: Net Long | EGP +69.4 mn
Regional: Net Long | EGP +21.1 mn
Domestic: Net Short | EGP -90.5 mn
Retail: 64.9% of total trades | 62.4% of buyers | 67.3% of sellers
Institutions: 35.1% of total trades | 37.6% of buyers | 32.7% of sellers
Foreign: 17.2% of total | 21.9% of buyers | 12.4% of sellers
Regional: 15.1% of total | 16.5% of buyers | 13.6% of sellers
Domestic: 67.7% of total | 61.6% of buyers | 74.0% of sellers
WTI: USD 50.44 (-3.76%)
Brent: USD 53.08 (-3.30%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 3.19 MMBtu, (+1.27%, May 2017 contract)
Gold: USD 1,283.40 / troy ounce (-0.83%)
TASI: 6,948.1 (+0.1%) (YTD: -3.6%)
ADX: 4,531.6 (+0.8%) (YTD: -0.3%)
DFM: 3,505.7 (+0.3%) (YTD: -0.7%)
KSE Weighted Index: 408.9 (-1.1%) (YTD: +7.6%)
QE: 10,296.0 (-0.4%) (YTD: -1.3%)
MSM: 5,511.1 (-0.3%) (YTD: -4.7%)
BB: 1,339.6 (+0.1%) (YTD: +9.8%)