The Market Yesterday
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 17.6464 | Sell 17.7464
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 17.64 | Sell 17.74
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 17.63 | Sell 17.73
EGX30 (Sunday): 15,311 (+0.9%)
Turnover: EGP 1.0 bn (11% ABOVE the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: +1.9%
THE MARKET ON SUNDAY: The EGX30 ended Sunday’s session up 0.9%. CIB, the index heaviest constituent closed up 2.1%. EGX30’s top performing constituents were Heliopolis Housing up 2.7%; Orascom Telecom Media & Technology up 2.7%; and Sidi Kerir Petrochemicals up 2.2%. Yesterday’s worst performing stocks were Ezz Steel down 3.6%; ACC down 1.2%; and Palm Hills down 1.0%. The market turnover was EGP 1.0 bn, and foreign investors were the sole net buyers.
Foreigners: Net Long | EGP +102.7 mn
Regional: Net Short | EGP -1.5 mn
Domestic: Net Short | EGP -101.3 mn
Retail: 60.2% of total trades | 59.7% of buyers | 60.8% of sellers
Institutions: 39.8% of total trades | 40.3% of buyers | 39.2% of sellers
Foreign: 15.2% of total | 20.2% of buyers | 10.2% of sellers
Regional: 11.4% of total | 11.4% of buyers | 11.5% of sellers
Domestic: 73.4% of total | 68.4% of buyers | 78.3% of sellers
WTI: USD 66.14 (+0.96%)
Brent: USD 70.52 (+0.14%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 3.51 MMBtu, (+1.68%, February 2018 contract)
Gold: USD 1,357.2 / troy ounce (-0.79%)
TASI: 7,538.38 (+0.22%) (YTD: +4.32%)
ADX: 4,631.86 (-0.25%) (YTD: +5.31%)
DFM: 4,464.14 (-0.13%) (YTD: +2.79%)
KSE Weighted Index: 415.79 (-0.64%) (YTD: +3.58%)
QE: 9,411.53 (-0.51%) (YTD: +10.42%)
MSM: 4,991.38 (-0.33%) (YTD: -2.12%)
BB: 1,342.32 (+0.04%) (YTD: +0.8%)