The Market Yesterday
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 17.65 | Sell 17.75
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 17.60 | Sell 17.70
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 17.60 | Sell 17.70
EGX30 (Thursday): 14,966 (+1.1%)
Turnover: EGP 1.3 bn (15% ABOVE the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: -0.4%
THE MARKET ON THURSDAY: The EGX30 ended Thursday’s session up 1.1%. CIB, the index heaviest constituent closed up 0.9%. EGX30’s top performing constituents were Palm Hills up 5.3%; SODIC up 5.1%; and Emaar Misr up 4.2%. Thursday’s worst performing stocks were El Sewedy Electric down 1.7%; Eastern Co down 1.1%; and Qalaa down 0.8%. The market turnover was EGP 1.3 bn, and local investors were the sole net sellers.
Foreigners: Net Long | EGP +20.1 mn
Regional: Net Long | EGP +47.4 mn
Domestic: Net Short | EGP -67.5 mn
Retail: 60.5% of total trades | 56.5% of buyers | 64.6% of sellers
Institutions: 39.5% of total trades | 43.5% of buyers | 35.4% of sellers
Foreign: 18.6% of total | 19.4% of buyers | 17.8% of sellers
Regional: 19.7% of total | 21.5% of buyers | 17.9% of sellers
Domestic: 61.7% of total | 59.1% of buyers | 64.3% of sellers
WTI: USD 61.68 (+0.55%)
Brent: USD 64.84 (+0.79%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 2.56 MMBtu, (-0.85%, MAR 2018 contract)
Gold: USD 1,356.2 / troy ounce (+0.07%)
TASI: 7,51.47 (+1.22%) (YTD: +3.93%)
ADX: 4,577.42 (-0.25%) (YTD: +4.07%)
DFM: 3,330.44 (-0.17%) (YTD: -1.18%)
KSE Weighted Index: 410.66 (+0.25%) (YTD: +2.3%)
QE: 9,027.71 (-0.36%) (YTD: +5.92%)
MSM: 5,016.62 (+0.21%) (YTD: -1.62%)
BB: 1,339.72 (-0.2%) (YTD: +0.6%)