The Market Yesterday
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 17.6015 | Sell 17.7006
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 17.58 | Sell 17.68
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 17.60 | Sell 17.70
EGX30 (Thursday): 14,350 (+1.0%)
Turnover: EGP 1.3 bn (33% above the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: +16.2%
THE MARKET ON THURSDAY: The EGX30 ended Thursday’s session up 1.0%. CIB, the index heaviest constituent closed up 2.0%. EGX30’s top performing constituents were: Qalaa Holdings up 5.8%; Telecom Egypt up 3.6%; and Elsewedy Electric up 3.1%. Thursday’s worst performing stocks were: Palm Hills down 2.0%; SODIC down 1.4%; and Egyptian Resorts down 1.3%. The market turnover was EGP 1.3 bn, and local investors were the sole net sellers.
Foreigners: Net Long | EGP +138.3 mn
Regional: Net Long | EGP +263.7 mn
Domestic: Net Short | EGP -402.0 mn
Retail: 51% of total trades | 52.6% of buyers | 49.4% of sellers
Institutions: 49% of total trades | 47.4% of buyers | 50.6% of sellers
Foreign: 11.4% of total | 14.7% of buyers | 8.1% of sellers
Regional: 10.7% of total | 17.0% of buyers | 4.4% of sellers
Domestic: 77.9% of total | 68.3% of buyers | 87.5% of sellers
WTI: USD 56.74 (-0.75%)
Brent: USD 63.52 (-0.64%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 3.21 MMBtu, (+0.41%, December 2017 contract)
Gold: USD 1,274.2 / troy ounce (-1.03%)
TASI: 6,954.38 (+0.26%) (YTD: -3.55%)
ADX: 4,376.22 (+0.16%) (YTD: -3.74%)
DFM: 3,449.81 (+1.02%) (YTD: -2.3%)
KSE Weighted Index: 397.67 (+1.86%) (YTD: +4.63%)
QE: 7,885.5 (+0.37%) (YTD: -24.44%)
MSM: 5,055.24 (+0.48%) (YTD: -12.58%)
BB: 1,267.58 (+0.06%) (YTD: +3.86%)