The Market Yesterday
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 17.6742 | Sell 17.7742
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 17.66 | Sell 17.76
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 17.67 | Sell 17.77
EGX30 (Tuesday): 15,024 (+0.03%)
Turnover: EGP 602 mn
EGX 30 year-to-date: +0.03%
THE MARKET ON TUESDAY: The EGX30 ended Sunday’s session up 0.03%. CIB, the index heaviest constituent closed down 0.5%. EGX30’s top performing constituents were Amer Group up 6.3%; Porto Group up 6.1%; and Egyptian Iron & Steel up 3.5%. Yesterday’s worst performing stocks were Domty down 3.0%; Kima down 1.7%; and Heliopolis Housing down 1.5%. The market turnover was EGP 602 mn, and foreign investors were the sole net buyers.
Foreigners: Net Long | EGP +30.1 mn
Regional: Net Short | EGP -22.8 mn
Domestic: Net Short | EGP -7.2 mn
Retail: 71.6% of total trades | 68.5% of buyers | 74.7% of sellers
Institutions: 28.4% of total trades | 31.5% of buyers | 25.3% of sellers
Foreign: 14.1% of total | 16.6% of buyers | 11.6% of sellers
Regional: 8.8% of total | 6.9% of buyers | 10.6% of sellers
Domestic: 77.1% of total | 76.5% of buyers | 77.7% of sellers
WTI: USD 60.33 (-0.15%)
Brent: USD 66.51 (-0.54%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 3.04 MMBtu, (+2.91%, February 2018 contract)
Gold: USD 1,318.1 / troy ounce (+0.67%)
TASI: 7,171.74 (-0.31%) (YTD: -0.76%)
ADX: 4,441.99 (+0.99%) (YTD: +0.99%)
DFM: 3,411.17 (+1.22%) (YTD: +1.22%)
KSE Weighted Index: 400.43 (-0.25%) (YTD: -0.25%)
QE: 8,620.26 (+1.14%) (YTD: +1.14%)
MSM: 5,093.69 (+0.23%) (YTD: -0.11%)
BB: 1,322.04 (-0.73%) (YTD: -0.73%)