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Understanding the Market Overview on ThndrX desktop

A guide to the Market Overview tab on ThndrX desktop, including local and global market performance, the Market Heatmap, sector activity, market breadth, top movers, and local market indicators.

Overview

The Market Overview tab is part of the Market page on ThndrX desktop.

Market Overview brings key market information together in one scrollable view, including:

  • Local Market Performance

  • Global Market Performance

  • Commodities

  • Market Heatmap

  • Sector Pulse

  • Market Participation

  • Top Gainers

  • Top Losers

  • Most Active

  • Local Market Indicators

Market Overview is designed to provide a high-level view of market activity. For detailed stock-by-stock data, use the Market Watch tab.


Local Market Performance

The Local Market Performance section shows current EGX trading activity and index performance.

Market activity includes:

  • EGX Turnover — total value of shares traded

  • EGX Volume — total number of shares traded

  • EGX Trades — total number of executed transactions

Index cards display the current level and daily change for:

  • EGX 30

  • EGX 70

  • EGX 100

  • EGX 30 Capped

  • EGX 35 LV

  • Shariah

Selecting an index card opens the chart for the selected index.

📝 Note: EGX prices, index levels, turnover, and volume update in real time while the EGX market is trading.


Global Market Performance

The Global Market Performance section shows prices and daily changes for selected international market benchmarks.

Available benchmarks include:

  • Dow Jones — DIA

  • S&P 500 — SPY

  • Nasdaq — QQQ

  • FADX General Index

DIA, SPY, and QQQ are ETFs traded on the US market.

⚠️ Important: DIA, SPY, and QQQ prices are ETF prices, not the underlying index levels.

For example, the SPY price does not match the numerical level of the S&P 500 Index because SPY is an ETF designed to track the index rather than reproduce the index level.

📝 Note: Global market prices are delayed by 15 minutes. Status icons indicate delayed data or a closed market.


Commodities

The Commodities section shows current prices and daily changes for:

  • 24K Gold (EGP)

  • Gold — GLD

  • Silver — SLV

  • Crude Oil — USO

24K Gold is displayed in EGP and reflects the local gold price.

GLD, SLV, and USO are US-listed ETFs that provide exposure to gold, silver, and crude oil respectively.

📝 Note: GLD, SLV, and USO prices are delayed by 15 minutes.


Market Heatmap

The Market Heatmap provides a visual view of market activity using tiles.

Each tile represents a stock or group.

Tile size and color depend on the selected Heatmap settings.

Selecting an individual stock tile opens the Overview side panel for the selected stock.


Choosing the Heatmap source

Use Source to choose which stocks or groups appear in the Market Heatmap.

Available sources include:

All Stocks

Displays all available stocks.

Indices

Available index views include:

  • Overview

  • EGX 30

  • EGX 30 Capped

  • EGX 35 LV

  • EGX 70 EWI

  • EGX 100 EWI

  • Shariah

  • Tamayuz

Sectors

Displays stocks grouped by the selected EGX sector.

Watchlists

Displays stocks from a personal watchlist.

Screeners

Displays stocks from a saved screener.

📝 Note: EGX 70 EWI and EGX 100 EWI are equal-weighted versions of EGX 70 and EGX 100.


Choosing Heatmap tile size

Use Size to control what determines the size of each tile.

Available options include:

  • Market Cap

  • Change %

  • Turnover

  • RVol

A larger tile represents a higher value for the selected Size metric.


Choosing Heatmap color

Use Color to control what determines each tile's color.

Available options include:

  • % Change

  • RVol

The selected color metric determines how market activity is visually distributed across the Heatmap.

📝 Note: RVol means Relative Volume. For more information, see Understanding Market Watch.


Sector Pulse

The Sector Pulse section shows daily performance across EGX sectors.

Sector Pulse includes:

  • number of advancing sectors

  • number of declining sectors

  • daily percentage performance for each sector

The sector list is ranked by daily performance.

Scroll within the Sector Pulse section to view the complete ranking.


Market Participation

The Market Participation chart shows the distribution of EGX stocks across daily price-change ranges.

Market Participation provides a view of market breadth by showing how widely gains and losses are distributed across stocks.

A market move concentrated in a small number of stocks can therefore look different from a market move shared across a large number of stocks.


Top Gainers, Top Losers, and Most Active

Three sections highlight notable stock activity during the current trading day.

Top Gainers

Top Gainers shows stocks with the highest positive daily percentage change.

Top Losers

Top Losers shows stocks with the largest negative daily percentage change.

Most Active

Most Active shows stocks with the highest trading turnover value.

Selecting a stock opens the Overview side panel for the selected stock.

📝 Note: Top Gainers and Top Losers are also available on the Market Watch tab in full table format.


Local Market Indicators

The Local Market Indicators section shows macroeconomic data relevant to the Egyptian market.

Use the dropdown to switch between indicator views:

Overview

Provides a summary of the latest available readings across the available indicator categories.

Inflation

Displays historical inflation data, including:

  • Headline

  • Core

  • Goods and Services

  • Fruits and Vegetables

Unemployment

Displays historical unemployment rate data.

Interest Rates

Displays historical deposit and lending rates.

T-Bills

Displays historical Egyptian Treasury Bill yields.

📝 Note: Inflation, interest rate, and T-Bill data are sourced from the Central Bank of Egypt. Unemployment data is sourced from official Egyptian government sources.


FAQs

What is the difference between Market Overview and Market Watch?

Market Overview provides a high-level view of market activity using indices, summary statistics, heatmaps, sector performance, breadth, movers, and macroeconomic indicators.

Market Watch provides detailed stock-level information in a row-by-row table.

How frequently does EGX market data update on Market Overview?

EGX prices, index levels, turnover, and volume update in real time while the EGX market is trading.

Global market data follows a different timing model and is delayed by 15 minutes.

Why do S&P 500, Nasdaq, and Dow Jones values differ from the index levels?

Market Overview displays SPY, QQQ, and DIA ETF prices rather than the underlying S&P 500, Nasdaq, and Dow Jones index levels.

ETF prices track index performance but use different price levels.

What do EGX 70 EWI and EGX 100 EWI mean?

EWI means Equal Weighted Index.

EGX 70 EWI and EGX 100 EWI are equal-weighted versions of EGX 70 and EGX 100 and are available as Market Heatmap sources.

What does RVol mean in the Market Heatmap?

RVol means Relative Volume.

RVol compares current trading volume with the stock's 30-day average daily volume.

An RVol above 1 indicates trading volume above the 30-day average. An RVol below 1 indicates trading volume below the 30-day average.

Where does Local Market Indicators data come from?

Inflation, interest rate, and T-Bill data are sourced from the Central Bank of Egypt.

Unemployment data is sourced from official Egyptian government sources.

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