BY THE NUMBERS
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 18.0332 | Sell 18.1359
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 18.05 | Sell 18.15
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 17.95 | Sell 18.05
EGX30 (Tuesday): 12,934 (+0.8%)
Turnover: EGP 1.0 bn (40% below the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: +4.8%
THE MARKET ON TUESDAY: The EGX30 ended Tuesday’s session up 0.8%. CIB, the index heaviest constituent ended up 0.8%. EGX30’s top performing constituents were: Amer Group up 6.7%, Cairo Oils and Soap up 4.2%, and Porto Group up 3.6%. Yesterday’s worst performing stocks were: ACC down 0.5%, Juhayna down 0.4%, and Oriental Weavers down 0.3%. The market turnover was EGP 1.0 bn, and foreign investors were the sole net buyers.
Foreigners: Net Long | EGP +97.5 mn
Regional: Net Short | EGP -40.0 mn
Domestic: Net Short | EGP -57.5 mn
Retail: 68.7% of total trades | 66.2% of buyers | 71.1% of sellers
Institutions: 31.3% of total trades | 33.8% of buyers | 28.9% of sellers
Foreign: 18.5% of total | 23.2% of buyers | 13.9% of sellers
Regional: 8.0% of total | 6.0% of buyers | 9.9% of sellers
Domestic: 73.5% of total | 70.8% of buyers | 76.2% of sellers
WTI: USD 46.18 (+0.65%)
Brent: USD 48.99 (+0.53%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 3.21 MMBtu, (-0.56%, June 2016 contract)
Gold: USD 1,222.40 / troy ounce (+0.52%)
TASI: 6,918.82 (+0.79%) (YTD: -4.04%)
ADX: 4,584.65 (+0.14%) (YTD: +0.84%)
DFM: 3,408.44 (+0.49%) (YTD: -3.47%)
KSE Weighted Index: 397.03 (-0.04%) (YTD: +4.46%)
QE: 9,865.78 (+0.14%) (YTD: -5.47%)
MSM: 5,423.26 (-0.32%) (YTD: -6.22%)
BB: 1,315.74 (-0.48%) (YTD: +7.81%)