BY THE NUMBERS
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 17.8500 | Sell 17.9500
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 17.85 | Sell 17.95
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 17.80 | Sell 17.90
EGX30 (Wednesday): 13,797 (+0.4%)
Turnover: EGP 826 mn
EGX 30 year-to-date: +11.8%
THE MARKET ON WEDNESDAY: The EGX30 ended Wednesday’s session up 0.4%. CIB, the index heaviest constituent, ended up 0.1%. EGX30’s top performing constituents were: GB Auto up 5.5%, Oriental Weavers up 3.5%, and Madinet Nasr Housing up 2.5%. Yesterday’s worst performing stocks were: Juhayna down 1.6%, Credit Agricole down 1.3%, and Telecom Egypt down 1.2%. The market turnover was EGP 826 mn, and foreign investors were the sole net buyers.
Foreigners: Net Long | EGP +66.6 mn
Regional: Net Short | EGP -59.8 mn
Domestic: Net Short | EGP -6.8 mn
Retail: 66.9% of total trades | 65.7% of buyers | 68.1% of sellers
Institutions: 33.1% of total trades | 34.3% of buyers | 31.9% of sellers
Foreign: 22.6% of total | 26.6% of buyers | 18.5% of sellers
Regional: 11.0% of total | 7.3% of buyers | 14.6% of sellers
Domestic: 66.4% of total | 66.1% of buyers | 66.9% of sellers
WTI: USD 48.58 (-0.35%)
Brent: USD 50.80 (-0.33%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 2.93 MMBtu, (+0.03%, August 2017 contract)
Gold: USD 1,267.70 / troy ounce (+0.96%)
TASI: 7,200.43 (-0.38%) (YTD: -0.14%)
ADX: 4,524.14 (-0.39%) (YTD: -0.49%)
DFM: 3,608.47 (+0.39%) (YTD: +2.20%)
KSE Weighted Index: 417.60 (+0.14%) (YTD: +9.87%)
QE: 9,583.78 (-0.11%) (YTD: -8.17%)
MSM: 5,027.35 (+0.59%) (YTD: -13.06%)
BB: 1,337.68 (+0.23%) (YTD: +9.61%)