The Market Yesterday
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 17.5661 | Sell 17.6661
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 17.56 | Sell 17.66
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 17.55 | Sell 17.65
EGX30 (Thursday): 16,472 (+0.5%)
Turnover: EGP 1.5 bn (32% above the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: +9.7%
THE MARKET ON THURSDAY: The EGX30 ended Thursday’s session up 0.5%. CIB, the index heaviest constituent ended up 1.6%. EGX30’s top performing constituents were ACC up 6.8%, Egypt Aluminum up 5.6%, and Eastern Co up 3.9%. Thursday’s worst performing stocks were Emaar Misr down 3.7%, Abu Qir Fertilizers down 3.4%, and Porto Group down 2.8%. The market turnover was EGP 1.5 bn, and foreign investors were the sole net buyers.
Foreigners: Net Long | EGP +190.5 mn
Regional: Net Short | EGP -91.0 mn
Domestic: Net Short | EGP -99.5 mn
Retail: 55.5% of total trades | 51.8% of buyers | 59.2% of sellers
Institutions: 44.5% of total trades | 48.2% of buyers | 40.8% of sellers
Foreign: 22.0% of total | 28.1% of buyers | 15.9% of sellers
Regional: 16.9% of total | 14.0% of buyers | 19.9% of sellers
Domestic: 61.1% of total | 57.9% of buyers | 64.3% of sellers
WTI: USD 62.04 (+3.19%)
Brent: USD 65.49 (+2.96%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 2.73 MMBtu, (-0.87%, April 2018 contract)
Gold: USD 1,324.00 / troy ounce (+0.17%)
TASI: 7,562.11 (+1.46%) (YTD: +4.65%)
ADX: 4,572.10 (+0.17%) (YTD: +2.93%)
DFM: 3,157.45 (-0.77%) (YTD: -6.31%)
KSE Weighted Index: 410.49 (-0.39%) (YTD: +2.26%)
QE: 8,308.34 (-0.75%) (YTD: -2.52%)
MSM: 4,929.80 (+0.03%) (YTD: -3.32%)
BB: 1,370.25 (+0.29%) (YTD: +2.89%)