BY THE NUMBERS
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 17.8722 | Sell 17.9693
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 17.9 | Sell 18
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 17.82 | Sell 17.92
EGX30 (Thursday): 13,823 (+1.0%)
Turnover: EGP 941 mn
EGX 30 year-to-date: 12.0%
THE MARKET ON THURSDAY: The EGX30 ended Thursday’s session up 1.0%. CIB, the index heaviest constituent ended up 1.8%. EGX30’s top performing constituents were: Egyptian Resorts up 5.7%, Porto Group up 5.4%, and Orascom Telecom Media and Technology up 2.8%. Thursday’s worst performing stocks were: Orascom Construction down 1.6%, Qalaa Holdings down 1.0%, and EFG Hermes down 0.7%. The market turnover was EGP 941 mn, and local investors were the sole net sellers.
Foreigners: Net Long | EGP +19.8 mn
Regional: Net Long | EGP +19.0 mn
Domestic: Net Short | EGP -38.8 mn
Retail: 64.8% of total trades | 63.9% of buyers | 65.7% of sellers
Institutions: 35.2% of total trades | 36.1% of buyers | 34.3% of sellers
Foreign: 20.0% of total | 21.0% of buyers | 18.9% of sellers
Regional: 7.3% of total | 8.3% of buyers | 6,3% of sellers
Domestic: 72.7% of total | 70.7% of buyers | 74.8% of sellers
WTI: USD 46.54 (+1.00%)
Brent: USD 48.91 (+1.01%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 2.98 MMBtu, (+0.64%, August 2017 contract)
Gold: USD 1,227.50 / troy ounce (+0.84%)
TASI: 7,313.42 (+0.09%) (YTD: +1.43%)
ADX: 4,518.07 (+2.46%) (YTD: -0.62%)
DFM: 3,537.42 (+1.23%) (YTD: +0.19%)
KSE Weighted Index: 404.62 (-0.08%) (YTD: +6.45%)
QE: 9,469.93 (+2.04%) (YTD: -9.26%)
MSM: 5,121.38 (-0.94%) (YTD: -11.44%)
BB: 1,317.38 (+0.02%) (YTD: +7.94%)