The Market Yesterday
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 17.6147 | Sell 17.7147
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 17.60 | Sell 17.70
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 17.63 | Sell 17.73
EGX30 (Thursday): 13,611 (+1.3%)
Turnover: EGP 1.5 bn (77% above the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: +10.3%
THE MARKET ON THURSDAY: The EGX30 ended Thursday’s session up 1.3%. CIB, the index heaviest constituent ended up 1.2%. EGX30’s top performing constituents were: Egyptian Iron & Steel up 6.7%, Domty up 4.2%, and AMOC up 4.0%. Thursday’s worst performing stocks included: Amer Group down 2.8%, and Porto Group down 2.1%, and Global Telecom down 1.0%. The market turnover was EGP 1.5 bn, and local investors were the sole net sellers.
Foreigners: Net Long | EGP +1.6 mn
Regional: Net Long | EGP +16.1 mn
Domestic: Net Short | EGP -17.7 mn
Retail: 59.9% of total trades | 57.5% of buyers | 62.3% of sellers
Institutions: 40.1% of total trades | 42.5% of buyers | 37.7% of sellers
Foreign: 26.2% of total | 26.2% of buyers | 26.1% of sellers
Regional: 10.1% of total | 10.7% of buyers | 9.6% of sellers
Domestic: 63.7% of total | 63.1% of buyers | 64.3% of sellers
WTI: USD 49.89 (0.00%)
Brent: USD 55.62 (+0.27%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 3.02 MMBtu, (-1.5%, October 2017 contract)
Gold: USD 1,325.2 / troy ounce (-0.31%)
TASI: 7,373.17 (-0.09%) (YTD: +2.26%)
ADX: 4,481.19 (+0.62%) (YTD: -1.43%)
DFM: 3,657.23 (+0.07%) (YTD: +3.58%)
KSE Weighted Index: 441.32 (+0.53%) (YTD: +16.11%)
QE: 8,409.49 (-0.22%) (YTD: -19.42%)
MSM: 5,002.46 (-0.28%) (YTD: -13.49%)
BB: 1,303.78 (-0.17%) (YTD: +6.83%)