BY THE NUMBERS
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 17.8312 | Sell 17.9312
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 17.85 | Sell 17.95
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 17.80 | Sell 17.90
EGX30 (Thursday): 13,609 (-1.4%)
Turnover: EGP 701 mn
EGX 30 year-to-date: +10.2%
THE MARKET ON THURSDAY: The EGX30 ended Thursday’s session down 1.4%. CIB, the index heaviest constituent ended down 2.0%. EGX30’s top performing constituents were: Porto Group up 2.6%, Arab Cotton Ginning up 0.2%, and Madinet Nasr Housing up 0.2%. Thursday’s worst performing stocks were: Juhayna down 4.0%, Amer Group down 3.0%, and Global Telecom down 2.4%. The market turnover was EGP 701 mn, and local investors were the sole net buyers.
Foreigners: Net Short | EGP -29.8 mn
Regional: Net Short | EGP -14.2 mn
Domestic: Net Long | EGP +44.0 mn
Retail: 63.9% of total trades | 67.7% of buyers | 60.0% of sellers
Institutions: 36.1% of total trades | 32.3% of buyers | 40.0% of sellers
Foreign: 26.5% of total | 24.4% of buyers | 28.7% of sellers
Regional: 4.8% of total | 3.8% of buyers | 5.8% of sellers
Domestic: 68.7% of total | 71.8% of buyers | 65.5% of sellers
WTI: USD 49.71 (+1.37%)
Brent: USD 52.52 (+2.00%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 2.90 MMBtu, (-0.88%, September 2017 contract)
Gold: USD 1,275.30 / troy ounce (+0.69%)
TASI: 7,175.17 (-0.35%) (YTD: -0.49%)
ADX: 4,568.28 (+0.98%) (YTD: +0.48%)
DFM: 3,606.17 (-0.06%) (YTD: +2.13%)
KSE Weighted Index: 417.34 (-0.06%) (YTD: +9.80%)
QE: 9,563.08 (-0.22%) (YTD: -8.37%)
MSM: 5,047.59 (+0.40%) (YTD: -12.71%)
BB: 1,335.48 (-0.16%) (YTD: +9.43%)