BY THE NUMBERS
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 18.0394 | Sell 18.1424
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 18.05 | Sell 18.15
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 17.95 | Sell 18.05
EGX30 (Thursday): 12,952 (-0.9%)
Turnover: EGP 875.6 mn (40% below the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: +4.9%
THE MARKET ON THURSDAY: The EGX30 ended Thursday’s session down 0.9%. CIB, the index heaviest constituent ended down 1.0%. EGX30’s top performing constituents were: Heliopolis Housing up 2.1%, Eastern Co. up 1.1%, and Egyptian Iron & Steel up 0.4%. Thursday’s worst performing stocks were: Cairo Oils & Soap down 3.3%, Porto Group down 3.0%, and Amer Group down 3.0%. The market turnover was EGP 875.6 mn, and foreign investors were the sole net buyers.
Foreigners: Net Long | EGP +32.8 mn
Regional: Net Short | EGP -4.3 mn
Domestic: Net Short | EGP -28.5 mn
Retail: 58.5% of total trades | 61.3% of buyers | 55.6% of sellers
Institutions: 41.5% of total trades | 38.7% of buyers | 44.4% of sellers
Foreign: 23.4% of total | 25.2% of buyers | 21.5% of sellers
Regional: 8.1% of total | 7.9% of buyers | 8.3% of sellers
Domestic: 68.5% of total | 66.9% of buyers | 70.2% of sellers
WTI: USD 50.33 (+1.99%)
Brent: USD 53.61 (+2.09%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 3.26 MMBtu, (+2.3%, June 2017 contract)
Gold: USD 1,253.60 / troy ounce (+0.06%)
TASI: 6,938.10 (-0.13%) (YTD: -3.78%)
ADX: 4,581.30 (-0.27%) (YTD: +0.77%)
DFM: 3,378.02 (-0.50%) (YTD: -4.33%)
KSE Weighted Index: 403.64 (-0.37%) (YTD: +6.20%)
QE: 10,103.35 (-0.41%) (YTD: -3.19%)
MSM: 5,415.07 (-0.15%) (YTD: -6.36%)
BB: 1,308.76 (-0.08%) (YTD: +7.24%)