The Market Yesterday
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 16.26 | Sell 16.38
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 16.26 | Sell 16.36
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 16.30 | Sell 16.40
EGX30 (Wednesday): 14,745 (-0.1%)
Turnover: EGP 613 mn (4% below the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: +13.1%
THE MARKET ON WEDNESDAY: The EGX30 ended Wednesday’s session down 0.1%. CIB, the index’s heaviest constituent, ended up 0.5%. EGX30’s top performing constituents were Oriental Weavers up 2.1%, Eastern Co up 1.7%, and Orascom Construction up 1.1%. Yesterday’s worst performing stocks were Juhayna down 3.7%, AMOC down 3.2% and Palm Hills down 3.2%. The market turnover was EGP 613 mn, and local investors were the sole net sellers.
Foreigners: Net Long | EGP +65.3 mn
Regional: Net Long | EGP +11.0 mn
Domestic: Net Short | EGP -76.3 mn
Retail: 51.0% of total trades | 45.4% of buyers | 56.6% of sellers
Institutions: 49.0% of total trades | 54.6% of buyers | 43.4% of sellers
WTI: USD 58.15 (+0.07%)
Brent: USD 63.60 (-1.47%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 2.63 MMBtu, (-0.11%, Oct 2019 contract)
Gold: USD 1,500.80 / troy ounce (-0.99%)
TASI: 7,821.23 (+0.65%) (YTD: -0.07%)
ADX: 5,156.07 (-0.28%) (YTD: +4.90%)
DFM: 2,823.56 (-0.92%) (YTD: +11.61%)
KSE Premier Market: 5,934.59 (-2.23%)
QE: 10,539.59 (+0.66%) (YTD: +2.34%)
MSM: 4,015.99 (+0.36%) (YTD: -7.12%)
BB: 1,489.37 (-1.62%) (YTD: +11.37%)