BY THE NUMBERS
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 18.0359 | Sell 18.1385
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 18.05 | Sell 18.15
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 17.95 | Sell 18.05
EGX30 (Sunday): 12,544 (-2.8%)
Turnover: EGP 870 mn (22% below the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: +1.6%
THE MARKET ON SUNDAY: The EGX30 ended Sunday’s session down 2.8%. CIB, the index heaviest constituent ended down 2.5%. EGX30’s top performing constituents were: Egyptian Iron & Steel up 1.3%, Orascom Construction up 0.4%, and Credit Agricole up 0.2%. Yesterday’s worst performing stocks included: Cairo Oils and Soap down 8.0%, Pioneers Holding down 5.9%, and Madinet Nasr Housing down 5.8%. The market turnover was EGP 870 mn, and foreign investors were the sole net buyers.
Foreigners: Net Long | EGP +94.2 mn
Regional: Net Short | EGP -67.2 mn
Domestic: Net Short | EGP -27.0 mn
Retail: 59.3% of total trades | 63.6% of buyers | 54.9% of sellers
Institutions: 40.7% of total trades | 36.4% of buyers | 45.1% of sellers
Foreign: 19.4% of total | 24.8% of buyers | 14.0% of sellers
Regional: 8.3% of total | 4.4% of buyers | 12.1% of sellers
Domestic: 72.3% of total | 70.8% of buyers | 73.9% of sellers
WTI: USD 49.83 (+0.42%)
Brent: USD 52.27 (+0.60%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 3.12 MMBtu, (+0.48%, May 2017 contract)
Gold: USD 1,273.40 / troy ounce (-1.22%)
TASI: 6,968.8 (+1.0%) (YTD: -3.4%)
ADX: 4,521.6 (0.0%) (YTD: -0.5%)
DFM: 3,469.8 (0.0%) (YTD: -1.7%)
KSE Weighted Index: 405.8 (-0.7%) (YTD: +6.8%)
QE: 10,197.3 (-0.4%) (YTD: -2.3%)
MSM: 5,474.5 (0.0%) (YTD: -5.3%)
BB: 1,336.6 (+0.2%) (YTD: +9.5%)