BY THE NUMBERS
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 18.0303 | Sell 18.1324
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 18.05 | Sell 18.15
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 17.95 | Sell 18.05
EGX30 (Monday): 12,828 (+1.1%)
Turnover: EGP 839 mn (40% below the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: +3.9%
THE MARKET ON MONDAY: The EGX30 index ended Monday’s session up 1.1%. CIB, the index heaviest constituent ended up 1.3%. EGX30’s top performing constituents were: Cairo Oils & Soap up 9.8%, Arab Cotton Ginning up 2.3%, and SODIC up 1.8%. Yesterday’s worst performing stocks were: Heliopolis Housing down 0.6%, ACC down 0.5%, and Porto Group that ended the day flat. The market turnover was EGP 839 mn, and foreign investors were the sole net buyers.
Foreigners: Net Long | EGP +90.0 mn
Regional: Net Short | EGP -25.2 mn
Domestic: Net Short | EGP -64.8 mn
Retail: 67.6% of total trades | 65.5% of buyers | 69.6% of sellers
Institutions: 32.4% of total trades | 34.5% of buyers | 30.4% of sellers
Foreign: 15.7% of total | 21.1% of buyers | 10.4% of sellers
Regional: 7.6% of total | 6.1% of buyers | 9.1% of sellers
Domestic: 76.6% of total | 72.8% of buyers | 80.5% of sellers
WTI: USD 46.61 (+0.39%)
Brent: USD 49.54 (+0.41%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 3.19 MMBtu, (+0.41%, June 2017 contract)
Gold: USD 1,227.50 / troy ounce (+0.03%)
TASI: 6,864.54 (+0.11%) (YTD: -4.80%)
ADX: 4,578.22 (+0.17%) (YTD: +0.70%)
DFM: 3,391.67 (+0.23%) (YTD: -3.94%)
KSE Weighted Index: 397.18 (+1.18%) (YTD: +4.50%)
QE: 9,851.77 (+0.18%) (YTD: -5.61%)
MSM: 5,440.93 (-0.17%) (YTD: -5.91%)
BB: 1,322.08 (-0.21%) (YTD: +8.33%)