The Market Yesterday
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 15.69 | Sell 15.79
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 15.70 | Sell 15.80
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 15.68 | Sell 15.78
EGX30 (Wednesday): 10,096 (+2.6%)
Turnover: EGP 1.0 bn (61% above the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: -27.7%
THE MARKET ON WEDNESDAY: The EGX30 ended Wednesday’s session up 2.6%. CIB, the index’s heaviest constituent, ended up 4.0%. EGX30’s top performing constituents were EFG Hermes up 9.0%, Sidi Kerir Petrochemicals up 7.0%, and Orascom Development Egypt up 4.7%. Yesterday’s worst performing stocks were Credit Agricole down 2.0%, SODIC down 0.5% and Ibnsina Pharma down 0.4%. The market turnover was EGP 1.0 bn, and domestic investors were the sole net buyers.
Foreigners: Net Short | EGP -76.1 mn
Regional: Net Short | EGP -63.5 mn
Domestic: Net Long | EGP +139.6 mn
Retail: 52.1% of total trades | 52.2% of buyers | 52.1% of sellers
Institutions: 47.9% of total trades | 47.8% of buyers | 47.9% of sellers
WTI: USD 26.15 (+10.66%)
Brent: USD 33.62 (+5.49%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 1.79 MMBtu, (-3.19%, May 2020 contract)
Gold: USD 1,679.90 / troy ounce (-0.24%)
TASI: 6,999.34 (+0.19%) (YTD: -16.57%)
ADX: 3,866.83 (-1.56%) (YTD: -23.82%)
DFM: 1,767.03 (-1.03%) (YTD: -36.09%)
KSE Premier Market: 5,083.47 (-0.2%)
QE: 9,030.45 (+0.57%) (YTD: -13.38%)
MSM: 3,455.32 (+1.69%) (YTD: -13.21%)
BB: 1,303.25 (-0.77%) (YTD: -19.06%)