BY THE NUMBERS
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 18.0324 | Sell 18.1353
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 18.05 | Sell 18.15
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 17.95 | Sell 18.05
EGX30 (Thursday): 13,467 (+1.0%)
Turnover: EGP 1.1 bn (41% below the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: +9.1%
THE MARKET ON THURSDAY: The EGX30 ended Thursday’s session up 1.0%. CIB, the index heaviest constituent ended up 1.3%. EGX30’s top performing constituents were: Heliopolis Housing up 5.0%, TMG Holding up 3.1%, and Qalaa Holdings up 2.5%. Thursday’s worst performing stocks were: Orascom Construction down 1.9%, EFG Hermes down 1.7%, and Emaar Misr down 1.1%. The market turnover was EGP 1.1 bn, and regional investors were the sole net sellers.
Foreigners: Net Long | EGP +11.5 mn
Regional: Net Short | EGP -37.2 mn
Domestic: Net Long | EGP +25.7 mn
Retail: 46.5% of total trades | 44.5% of buyers | 48.5% of sellers
Institutions: 53.5% of total trades | 55.5% of buyers | 51.5% of sellers
Foreign: 26.6% of total | 27.1% of buyers | 26.1% of sellers
Regional: 18.3% of total | 16.6% of buyers | 19.9% of sellers
Domestic: 55.1% of total | 56.3% of buyers | 54.0% of sellers
WTI: USD 47.66 (-1.45%)
Brent: USD 49.95 (-1.34%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 3.00 MMBtu, (-0.30%, July 2017 contract)
Gold: USD 1,280.20 / troy ounce (0.80%)
TASI: 6,863.62 (-0.11%) (YTD: -4.81%)
ADX: 4,478.81 (+1.16%) (YTD: -1.49%)
DFM: 3,351.73 (+0.37%) (YTD: -5.07%)
KSE Weighted Index: 406.12 (+0.41%) (YTD: +6.85%)
QE: 9,939.58 (+0.39%) (YTD: -4.76%)
MSM: 5,435.41 (+0.25%) (YTD: -6.01%)
BB: 1,325.20 (+0.41%) (YTD: +8.58%)