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 (Thursday): 12,526 (-1.2%)
Turnover: EGP 819.7 mn (25% below the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: +1.5%
THE MARKET ON THURSDAY: The EGX30 ended Thursday’s session down 1.2%. CIB, the index heaviest constituent dragged the index down as it fell 1.8%. EGX30’s top performing constituents were: Juhayna up 4.6%, Domty up 4.2%, and SODIC up 1.0%. Thursday’s worst performing stocks were: Oriental Weavers down 5.7%, Amer Group down 3.5%, and Madinet Nasr Housing down 2.1%. The market turnover was EGP 819.7 mn, and foreign investors were the sole net buyers.
Foreigners: Net Long | EGP +112.4 mn
Regional: Net Short | EGP -14.4 mn
Domestic: Net Short | EGP -98.0 mn
Retail: 61.4% of total trades | 59.2% of buyers | 63.5% of sellers
Institutions: 38.6% of total trades | 40.8% of buyers | 36.5% of sellers
Foreign: 21.3% of total | 28.1% of buyers | 14.4% of sellers
Regional: 6.6% of total | 5.7% of buyers | 7.5% of sellers
Domestic: 72.1% of total | 66.2% of buyers | 78.1% of sellers
WTI: USD 49.33 (+0.74%)
Brent: USD 52.05 (+0.44%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 3.28 MMBtu, (+1.14%, Jun 2017 contract)
Gold: USD 1,268.30 / troy ounce (+0.19%)
TASI: 6,945.7 (+0.4%) (YTD: -3.7%)
ADX: 4,512.9 (-0.6%) (YTD: -0.7%)
DFM: 3,416.7 (-0.6%) (YTD: -3.2%)
KSE Weighted Index: 405.9 (0.0%) (YTD: +6.8%)
QE: 10,089.9 (-1.1%) (YTD: -3.3%)
MSM: 5,525.4 (+0.3%) (YTD: -4.4%)
BB: 1,332.2 (-0.1%) (YTD: +9.2%)