Pre-Trading Thoughts

Annual urban inflation came almost flat in October, registering 26.5% YoY, up from 26.4% YoY in September. Monthly urban inflation decelerated to 1.1% MoM in October from 2.1% MoM in September. The Central Bank of Egypt will auction USD1.5 billion in USD-denominated, one-year t-bills today. The government now only has USD1 billion in outstanding arrears to foreign oil and gas companies, after having cleared another USD1 billion in arrears last week. The Ministry of Finance intends to la...