BY THE NUMBERS
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 18.0368 | Sell 18.1376
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 18.05 | Sell 18.15
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 17.95 | Sell 18.05
EGX30 (Thursday): 12,907 (-0.7%)
Turnover: EGP 853.2 mn (40% below the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: +4.6%
THE MARKET ON THURSDAY: The EGX30 ended Thursday’s session down 0.7%. CIB, the index heaviest constituent ended down 0.3%. EGX30’s top performing constituents were: Domty up 1.1%, Credit Agricole up 0.5%, and Eastern Co. up 0.4%. Thursday’s worst performing stocks were: Orascom Telecom Media & Technology down 2.7%, Heliopolis Housing down 2.5%, and Cairo Oils & Soap down 2.4%. The market turnover was EGP 853 mn, and foreign investors were the sole net buyers.
Foreigners: Net Long | EGP +60.7 mn
Regional: Net Short | EGP -36.1 mn
Domestic: Net Short | EGP -24.6 mn
Retail: 67.9% of total trades | 66.8% of buyers | 69.1% of sellers
Institutions: 32.1% of total trades | 33.2% of buyers | 30.9% of sellers
Foreign: 20.8% of total | 24.3% of buyers | 17.3% of sellers
Regional: 11.8% of total | 9.7% of buyers | 13.9% of sellers
Domestic: 67.4% of total | 66.0% of buyers | 68.8% of sellers
WTI: USD 47.84 (+0.2%)
Brent: USD 50.84 (+0.14%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 3.42 MMBtu, (+1.42%, June 2017 contract)
Gold: USD 1,227.70 / troy ounce (+0.29%)
TASI: 6,882.51 (-0.69%) (YTD: -4.55%)
DFM: 3,420.19 (+0.74%) (YTD: -3.13%)
KSE Weighted Index: 400.71 (+0.38%) (YTD: +5.43%)
QE: 10,110.84 (+1.19%) (YTD: -3.12%)
MSM: 5,432.14 (+0.04%) (YTD: -6.06%)
BB: 1,307.09 (-0.07%) (YTD: +7.10%)