BY THE NUMBERS
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 18.0388 | Sell 18.1418
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 18.05 | Sell 18.15
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 17.95 | Sell 18.05
EGX30 (Wednesday): 12,671 (+0.7%)
Turnover: EGP 1.0 bn (9% BELOW the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: +2.6%
THE MARKET ON WEDNESDAY: The EGX30 ended Wednesday’s session up 0.7%. CIB, the index heaviest constituent ended down 0.4%. EGX30’s top performing constituents were: Orascom Construction up 5.3%, Global Telecom up 4.2%, and SODIC up 3.4%. Yesterday’s worst performing stocks were: Telecom Egypt down 1.7%, CIB down 0.4%, and Egyptian Iron & Steel down 0.2%. The market turnover was EGP 1.0 billion, and foreign investors were the sole net buyers.
Foreigners: Net Long | EGP +144.4 mn
Regional: Net Short | EGP -91.9 mn
Domestic: Net Short | EGP -52.5 mn
Retail: 53.1% of total trades | 50.5% of buyers | 55.6% of sellers
Institutions: 46.9% of total trades | 49.5% of buyers | 44.4% of sellers
Foreign: 29.8% of total | 37.0% of buyers | 22.6% of sellers
Regional: 10.6% of total | 6.0% of buyers | 15.2% of sellers
Domestic: 59.6% of total | 57.0% of buyers | 62.2% of sellers
WTI: USD 49.38 (-0.48%)
Brent: USD 51.63 (-0.37%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 3.26 MMBtu, (-0.43%, Jun 2017 contract)
Gold: USD 1,269.70 / troy ounce (+0.44%)
TASI: 6,917.0 (0.0%) (YTD: -4.1%)
ADX: 4,541.0 (-0.5%) (YTD: -0.1%)
DFM: 3,438.8 (+0.1%) (YTD: -2.6%)
KSE Weighted Index: 405.9 (+0.2%) (YTD: +6.8%)
QE: 10,205.6 (+0.5%) (YTD: -2.2%)
MSM: 5,510.2 (+0.8%) (YTD: -4.7%)
BB: 1,334.0 (-0.2%) (YTD: +9.3%)