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 (Thursday): 10,177 (-1.1%)
Turnover: EGP 1 bn (45% above the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: -27.1%
THE MARKET ON THURSDAY: The EGX30 ended Thursday’s session down 1.1%. CIB, the index’s heaviest constituent, ended up 1.1%. EGX30’s top performing constituents were Dice up 11%, CIB up 1%, and Cleopatra Hospitals up 0.9%%. Thursday’s worst performing stocks were AMOC down 7.8%, KIMA down 6.6% and Sidi Kerir Petrochemicals down 6.2%. The market turnover was EGP 1 bn, and local investors were the sole net buyers.
Foreigners: Net Short | EGP 17.5 mn
Regional: Net Short | EGP -11.9 mn
Domestic: Net Long | EGP +29.5 mn
Retail: 58.5% of total trades | 57.3% of buyers | 59.7% of sellers
Institutions: 41.5% of total trades | 42.7% of buyers | 40.3% of sellers
WTI: USD 24.74 (+5.05%)
Brent: USD 30.97 (+5.13%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 1.82 MMBtu, (-3.75%, Jun 2020 contract)
Gold: USD 1,713.90 / troy ounce (-0.69%)
TASI: 6,628.53 (-0.40%) (YTD: -20.99%)
ADX: 4,061.62 (+1.00%) (YTD: -19.98%)
DFM: 1,922.61 (+0.19%) (YTD: -30.46%)
KSE Premier Market: 5,230.17 (-1.1%)
QE: 8,799.30 (+0.46%) (YTD: -15.60%)
MSM: 3,483.98 (+0.31%) (YTD: -12.49%)
BB: 1,279.73 (-0.67%) (YTD: -20.52%)