BY THE NUMBERS
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 18.0376 | Sell 18.1406
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 18.05 | Sell 18.15
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 17.95 | Sell 18.05
EGX30 (Thursday): 12,709 (+0.8%)
Turnover: EGP 745 mn (42% below the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: +2.9%
THE MARKET ON THURSDAY: The EGX30 index ended Thursday’s session up 0.8%. CIB, the index heaviest constituent ended up 0.7%. EGX30’s top performing constituents were: Emaar Misr up 2.7%, Heliopolis Housing up 2.6%, and Elsewedy Electric up 2.5%. Thursday’s worst performing stocks were: Cairo Oils and Soap down 11.6%, and Juhayna down 1.2%. The market turnover was EGP 745 mn, and local investors were the sole net sellers.
Foreigners: Net Long | EGP +103.3 mn
Regional: Net Long | EGP +5.1 mn
Domestic: Net Short | EGP -108.4 mn
Retail: 57.4% of total trades | 52.7% of buyers | 62.1% of sellers
Institutions: 42.6% of total trades | 47.3% of buyers | 37.9% of sellers
Foreign: 15.8% of total | 21.8% of buyers | 9.9% of sellers
Regional: 7.8% of total | 8.1% of buyers | 7.5% of sellers
Domestic: 76.4% of total | 70.1% of buyers | 82.6% of sellers
WTI: USD 46.2 (+1.54%)
Brent: USD 49.10 (+1.49%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 3.27 MMBtu, (+2.51%, June 2017 contract)
Gold: USD 1,226.90 / troy ounce (-0.14%)
TASI: 6,924.08 (-0.63%) (YTD: -3.97%)
ADX: 4,617.16 (+0.78%) (YTD: +1.56%)
DFM: 3,419.73 (+0.02%) (YTD: -3.15%)
KSE Weighted Index: 402.41 (-0.82%) (YTD: +5.87%)
QE: 9,938.28 (-0.17%) (YTD: -4.78%)
MSM: 5,475.92 (-0.30%) (YTD: -5.31%)
BB: 1,331.21 (+0.02%) (YTD: +9.08%)