The Market Yesterday
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 17.84 | Sell 17.94
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 17.85 | Sell 17.95
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 17.78 | Sell 17.88
EGX30 (Tuesday): 15,921 (+0.9%)
Turnover: EGP 1.1 bn (11% above the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: +6.0%
THE MARKET ON TUESDAY: The EGX30 ended Tuesday’s session up 0.9%. CIB, the index heaviest constituent ended down 0.2%. EGX30’s top performing constituents were Qalaa Holdings up 6.0%, Egyptian Iron & Steel up 5.2%, and GB Auto up 4.4%. Yesterday’s worst performing stocks were Juhayna down 2.0%, Eastern Co down 1.0%, and CIB down 0.2%. The market turnover was EGP 1.1 bn, and local investors were the sole net buyers.
Foreigners: Net Short | EGP -134.4 mn
Regional: Net Short | EGP -19.7 mn
Domestic: Net Long | EGP +154.1 mn
Retail: 61.1% of total trades | 56.1% of buyers | 66.1% of sellers
Institutions: 38.9% of total trades | 43.9% of buyers | 33.9% of sellers
Foreign: 18.9% of total | 12.5% of buyers | 25.3% of sellers
Regional: 9.2% of total | 8.3% of buyers | 10.1% of sellers
Domestic: 71.9% of total | 79.2% of buyers | 64.6% of sellers
WTI: USD 73.94 (-0.23%)
Brent: USD 78.59 (-0.34%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 2.79 MMBtu, (-0.04%, August 2018 contract)
Gold: USD 1,255.70/ troy ounce (+0.02%)
TASI: 8,417.91 (+1.10%) (YTD: +16.49%)
ADX: 4,668.55 (+1.12%) (YTD: +6.14%)
DFM: 2,895.64 (+0.71%) (YTD: -14.08%)
KSE Premier Market: 5,302.31 (+1.09%)
QE: 9,395.81 (+1.41%) (YTD: +10.24%)
MSM: 4,498.34 (-0.42%) (YTD: -11.78%)
BB: 1,334.80 (+0.03%) (YTD: +0.23%)