The Market Yesterday
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 17.6174 | Sell 17.7174
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 17.61 | Sell 17.71
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 17.63 | Sell 17.73
EGX30 (Wednesday): 13,695 (-0.3%)
Turnover: EGP 1.1 bn (27% above the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: +10.9%
THE MARKET ON WEDNESDAY: The EGX30 ended Wednesday’s session up 0.3%. CIB, the index heaviest constituent ended up 0.6%. EGX30’s top performing constituents were: Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank up 8.4%, Orascom Telecom Media and Technology up 2.8%, and Arabian Cement Company up 1.8%. Wednesday’s worst performing stocks included: Qalaa Holdings down 4.2%, Egyptian Resorts down 3.8%, and Porto Group down 2.2%. Market turnover was EGP 1.1 bn, and regional investors were the sole net sellers.
Foreigners: Net Long | EGP +1.8 mn
Regional: Net Short | EGP -3.3 mn
Domestic: Net Long | EGP +1.5 mn
Retail: 65.7% of total trades | 67.5% of buyers | 63.9% of sellers
Institutions: 34.3% of total trades | 32.5% of buyers | 36.1% of sellers
Foreign: 17.5% of total | 17.6% of buyers | 17.4% of sellers
Regional: 8.7% of total | 8.6% of buyers | 8.9% of sellers
Domestic: 73.8% of total | 73.8% of buyers | 73.7% of sellers
WTI: USD 50.66 (+0.22%)
Brent: USD 56.86 (+0.76%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 2.96 MMBtu, (+0.44%, October 2017 contract)
Gold: USD 1,297.50 / troy ounce (+0.21%)
TASI: 7,326.32 (+0.09%) (YTD: +1.61%)
ADX: 4,455.09 (-0.20%) (YTD: -2.01%)
DFM: 3,632.54 (-0.62%) (YTD: +2.88%)
KSE Weighted Index: 439.13 (-0.65%) (YTD: +15.53%)
QE: 8,360.77 (+0.15%) (YTD: -19.89%)
MSM: 5,100.44 (+1.15%) (YTD: -11.80%)
BB: 1,307.95 (+0.41%) (YTD: +7.17%)