The Market Yesterday
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 17.86 | Sell 17.95
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 17.86 | Sell 17.96
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 17.78 | Sell 17.88
EGX30 (Sunday): 13,969 (+2.1%)
Turnover: EGP 1.5 bn (99% above the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: -7.0%
THE MARKET ON SUNDAY: The EGX30 ended yesterday’s session up 2.1%. CIB, the index heaviest constituent ended up 2.0%. EGX30’s top performing constituents were Palm Hills up 5.2%, and SODIC up 4.7%, and Eastern Co. up 4.6%. Yesterday’s worst performing stock was Global Telecom down 0.3%. The market turnover was EGP 1.5 bn, and foreign investors were the sole net sellers.
Foreigners: Net Short | EGP -63.8 mn
Regional: Net Long | EGP +0.3 mn
Domestic: Net Long | EGP +63.4 mn
Retail: 57.5% of total trades | 25.2% of buyers | 89.8% of sellers
Institutions: 42.5% of total trades | 74.8% of buyers | 10.2% of sellers
WTI: USD 56.46 (0.00%)
Brent: USD 66.76 (+0.21%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 4.27 MMBtu, (+5.79%, December 2018 contract)
Gold: USD 1,223.00/ troy ounce (+0.66%)
TASI: 7,496.91 (-2.16%) (YTD: +3.74%)
ADX: 5,055.46 (+0.68%) (YTD: +14.94%)
DFM: 2,778.76 (+0.09%) (YTD: -17.55%)
KSE Premier Market: 5,285.14 (-0.22%)
QE: 10,297.06 (+0.81%) (YTD: +20.81%)
MSM: 4,452.12 (+0.04%) (YTD: -12.69%)
BB: 1,310.88 (+0.13%) (YTD: -1.56%)