The Market Yesterday
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 17.66 | Sell 17.76
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 17.67 | Sell 17.77
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 17.66 | Sell 17.76
EGX30 (Thursday): 14,782 (-0.4%)
Turnover: EGP 993 mn (8% below the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: -1.6%
THE MARKET ON THURSDAY: The EGX30 ended Thursday’s session down 0.4%. CIB, the index heaviest constituent closed up 0.4%. EGX30’s top performing constituents were Domty up 2.3%; Oriental Weavers up 1.3%; and TMG Holding up 1.0%. Yesterday’s worst performing stocks were Sidi Kerir Petrochemicals down 3.6%; EFG Hermes down 3.2%; and Ezz Steel down 2.7%. The market turnover was EGP 993 mn, and local investors were the sole net sellers.
Foreigners: Net Long | EGP +63.5 mn
Regional: Net Long | EGP +43.4 mn
Domestic: Net Short | EGP -106.9 mn
Retail: 51.9% of total trades | 55.7% of buyers | 48.1% of sellers
Institutions: 48.1% of total trades | 44.3% of buyers | 51.9% of sellers
Foreign: 24.8% of total | 28.0% of buyers | 21.6% of sellers
Regional: 9.4% of total | 11.6% of buyers | 7.2% of sellers
Domestic: 65.9% of total | 60.5% of buyers | 71.2% of sellers
WTI: USD 61.64 (+0.33%)
Brent: USD 67.8 (+0.27%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 2.84 MMBtu, (+1.5%, February 2018 contract)
Gold: USD 1,323.00 / troy ounce (+0.01%)
TASI: 7,317.65 (+0.56%) (YTD: +1.26%)
ADX: 4,556.41 (+0.18%) (YTD: +3.59%)
DFM: 3,471.09 (+0.22%) (YTD: +3.00%)
KSE Weighted Index: 411.38 (+0.56%) (YTD: +2.48%)
QE: 8,751.2 (+1.4%) (YTD: +2.67%)
MSM: 5,119.18 (+0.28%) (YTD: +0.39%)
BB: 1,318.76 (+0.49%) (YTD: -0.97%)