The Market Yesterday
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 17.68 | Sell 17.78
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 17.66 | Sell 17.76
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 17.67 | Sell 17.77
EGX30 (Sunday): 15,019 (+0.01%)
Turnover: EGP 486 mn
EGX 30 year-to-date: +21.7%
THE MARKET ON SUNDAY: The EGX30 ended Sunday’s session up 0.01%. CIB, the index heaviest constituent closed down 0.2%. EGX30’s top performing constituents were Sidi Kerir Petrochemicals up 3.1%; Egyptian Financial & Industrial up 2.5%; and Eastern Co. up 2.3%. Sunday’s worst performing stocks were Egyptian Iron & Steel down 1.4%; Elsewedy Electric down 1.4%; and Madinet Nasr Housing down 1.3%. The market turnover was EGP 486 mn and regional investors were the sole net buyers.
Foreigners: Net Short | EGP -7.4 mn
Regional: Net Long | EGP +12.1 mn
Domestic: Net Short | EGP -4.7 mn
Retail: 73.4% of total trades | 78.0% of buyers | 68.7% of sellers
Institutions: 26.6% of total trades | 22.0% of buyers | 31.3% of sellers
Foreign: 4.4% of total | 3.7% of buyers | 5.1% of sellers
Regional: 10.8% of total | 11.9% of buyers | 9.7% of sellers
Domestic: 84.8% of total | 84.4% of buyers | 85.2% of sellers
WTI: USD 60.42 (+0.97%)
Brent: USD 66.87 (+1.07%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 2.95 MMBtu, (+1.34%, February 2018 contract)
Gold: USD 1,309.3 / troy ounce (+0.93%)
TASI: 7,194.15 (-0.45%) (YTD: -0.45%)
ADX: 4,398.44 (+0.66%) (YTD: 0.00%)
DFM: 3,370.07 (+0.73%) (YTD: 0.00%)
KSE Weighted Index: 401.42 (+0.18%) (YTD: 0.00%)
QE: 8,523.38 (-0.03%) (YTD: 0.00%)
MSM: 5,082.23 (-0.33%) (YTD: -0.33%)
BB: 1,331.71 (+1.97%) (YTD: 0.00%)