The Market Yesterday
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 15.63 | Sell 15.75
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 15.63 | Sell 15.73
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 15.65 | Sell 15.75
EGX30 (Thursday): 13,859 (+0.1%)
Turnover: EGP 488 mn (18% below the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: -0.7%
THE MARKET ON THURSDAY: The EGX30 ended Thursday’s session up 0.1%. CIB, the index’s heaviest constituent, ended up 0.4%. EGX30’s top performing constituents were Dice up 3.1%, Porto Group up 2.5%, and Madinet Nasr Housing up 2.1%. Thursday’s worst performing stocks were Orascom Construction down 1.5%, GB Auto down 1.5% and Ibnsina Pharma down 1.3%. The market turnover was EGP 488 mn, and xx investors were the sole net buyers/sellers.
Foreigners: Net Long | EGP +77.8 mn
Regional: Net Short | EGP -35.9 mn
Domestic: Net Short | EGP -41.9 mn
Retail: 59.2% of total trades | 62.7% of buyers | 55.7% of sellers
Institutions: 40.8% of total trades | 37.3% of buyers | 44.3% of sellers
WTI: USD 52.05 (+1.23%)
Brent: USD 57.32 (+1.74%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 1.84 MMBtu, (+0.60%, March 2020 contract)
Gold: USD 1,586.40 / troy ounce (+0.48%)
TASI: 7,874.41 (-0.52%) (YTD: -6.14%)
ADX: 5,037.46 (-0.56%) (YTD: -0.75%)
DFM: 2,733.72 (+0.14%) (YTD: -1.13%)
KSE Premier Market: 6,898.36 (-0.17%)
QE: 9,846.93 (-1.07%) (YTD: -5.55%)
MSM: 4,128.49 (+0.50%) (YTD: +3.70%)
BB: 1,662.57 (+0.05%) (YTD: +3.25%)