The Market Yesterday
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 17.6383 | Sell 17.7383
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 17.63 | Sell 17.73
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 17.65 | Sell 17.75
EGX30 (Tuesday): 15,159 (+1.4%)
Turnover: EGP 1.3 bn (19% above the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: +0.9%
THE MARKET ON TUESDAY: The EGX30 ended Tuesday’s session up 1.4%. CIB, the index heaviest constituent closed up 3.0%. EGX30’s top performing constituents were Egyptian Resorts up 4.6%; Egyptian Iron & Steel up 4.0%; and Emaar Misr up 3.6%. Yesterday’s worst performing stocks were TMG Holding down 1.9%; Ezz Steel down 0.7%; and Madinet Nasr Housing down 0.7%. The market turnover was EGP 1.3 bn, and local investors were the sole net sellers.
Foreigners: Net Long | EGP +125.4 mn
Regional: Net Long | EGP +18.2 mn
Domestic: Net Short | EGP -143.6 mn
Retail: 57.4% of total trades | 53.6% of buyers | 61.1% of sellers
Institutions: 42.6% of total trades | 46.4% of buyers | 38.9% of sellers
Foreign: 22.3% of total | 27.1% of buyers | 17.5% of sellers
Regional: 9.0% of total | 9.7% of buyers | 8.3% of sellers
Domestic: 68.7% of total | 63.2% of buyers | 74.2% of sellers
WTI: USD 62.87 (+1.85%)
Brent: USD 68.71 (+1.37%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 2.95 MMBtu, (+3.95%, February 2018 contract)
Gold: USD 1,314.27 / troy ounce (-0.47%)
TASI: 7,290.96 (-0.26%) (YTD: +0.89%)
ADX: 4,593.11 (+0.17%) (YTD: +4.43%)
DFM: 3,503.44 (+0.38%) (YTD: +3.96%)
KSE Weighted Index: 412.32 (+0.61%) (YTD: +2.72%)
QE: 9,002.46 (+0.3%) (YTD: +5.62%)
MSM: 5,106.28 (-0.03%) (YTD: +0.14%)
BB: 1,315.17 (-0.4%) (YTD: -1.24%)