The Market Yesterday
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 17.7721 | Sell 17.8721
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 17.79 | Sell 17.89
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 17.69 | Sell 17.79
EGX30 (Tuesday): 14,923 (+0.5%)
Turnover: EGP 620 mn
EGX 30 year-to-date: +20.9%
THE MARKET ON TUESDAY: The EGX30 ended Tuesday’s session up 0.5%. CIB, the index heaviest constituent ended up 1.7%. EGX30’s top performing constituents were Ezz Steel up 3.0%, Eastern Co. up 2.1%, and CIB up 1.7%. Yesterday’s worst performing stocks were Amer Group down 2.9%, TMG Holding down 1.6%, and Kima down 1.6%. The market turnover was EGP 620 mn, and local investors were the sole net sellers.
Foreigners: Net Long | EGP +32.2 mn
Regional: Net Long | EGP +2.8 mn
Domestic: Net Short | EGP -34.9 mn
Retail: 59.9% of total trades | 63.4% of buyers | 56.4% of sellers
Institutions: 40.1% of total trades | 36.6% of buyers | 43.6% of sellers
Foreign: 8.1% of total | 10.3% of buyers | 6.0% of sellers
Regional: 8.4% of total | 8.6% of buyers | 8.2% of sellers
Domestic: 83.5% of total | 81.2% of buyers | 85.8% of sellers
WTI: USD 59.89 (+2.43%)
Brent: USD 66.92 (+2.56%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 2.64 MMBtu, (-0.90%, January 2018 contract)
Gold: USD 1,287.40 / troy ounce (+0.67%)
TASI: 7,177.55 (+0.44%) (YTD: -0.46%)
ADX: 4,319.81 (-0.43%) (YTD: -4.98%)
DFM: 3,332.21 (-0.68%) (YTD: -5.63%)
KSE Weighted Index: 399.59 (+0.07%) (YTD: +5.13%)
QE: 8,501.03 (-0.80%) (YTD: -18.55%)
MSM: 5,006.69 (-0.33%) (YTD: -13.42%)
BB: 1,285.34 (-0.61%) (YTD: +5.32%)