BY THE NUMBERS
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 17.8335 | Sell 17.9341
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 17.85 | Sell 17.95
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 17.80 | Sell 17.90
EGX30 (Thursday): 13,715 (+0.1%)
Turnover: EGP 741 mn
EGX 30 year-to-date: +11.1%
THE MARKET ON THURSDAY: The EGX30 ended Thursday’s session up 0.1%. CIB, the index heaviest constituent ended up 0.6%. EGX30’s top performing constituents were: Domty up 3.1%, Madinet Nasr Housing up 1.2%, and Qalaa Holdings up 1.0%. Thursday’s worst performing stocks were: Amer Group down 2.9%, Ezz Steel down 2.6%, and Porto Group down 2.4%. The market turnover was EGP 741 mn, and local investors were the sole net buyers.
Foreigners: Net Short | EGP -30.2 mn
Regional: Net Short | EGP -28.0 mn
Domestic: Net Long | EGP +58.2 mn
Retail: 61.6% of total trades | 66.8% of buyers | 56.4% of sellers
Institutions: 38.4% of total trades | 33.2% of buyers | 43.6% of sellers
Foreign: 24.6% of total | 22.6% of buyers | 26.7% of sellers
Regional: 9.0% of total | 7.1% of buyers | 10.8% of sellers
Domestic: 66.4% of total | 70.3% of buyers | 62.5% of sellers
WTI: USD 45.73 (-0.09%)
Brent: USD 48.03 (-0.06%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 2.94 MMBtu, (-1.04%, August 2017 contract)
Gold: USD 1,262.60 / troy ounce (+0.13%)
TASI: 7,263.60 (+0.03%) (YTD: +0.74%)
ADX: 4,534.79 (-0.39%) (YTD: -0.25%)
DFM: 3,569.41 (+0.64%) (YTD: +1.86%)
KSE Weighted Index: 408.48 (+0.19%) (YTD: +7.47%)
QE: 9,499.75 (-0.45%) (YTD: -8.98%)
MSM: 4,999.37 (-0.87%) (YTD: -13.55%)
BB: 1,323.06 (+0.20%) (YTD: +8.41%)