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Sunday, 18 March 2018

The Market Yesterday

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EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 17.5715 | Sell 17.6707
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 17.55 | Sell 17.65
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 17.55 | Sell 17.65

EGX30 (Thursday): 16,999 (+0.7%)
Turnover: EGP 3.5 bn (199% ABOVE the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: +13.2%

THE MARKET ON THURSDAY: The EGX30 ended Thursday’s session up 0.7%. CIB, the index heaviest constituent ended up 1.9%. EGX30’s top performing constituents were Qalaa Holdings up 7.3%, EFG Hermes up 3.4%, and CIB up 1.9%. Thursday’s worst performing stocks Elsewedy Electric down 4.1%, Amer Group down 3.1%, and Egyptian Iron & Steel down 1.8%. The market turnover was EGP 3.5 bn, and foreign investors were the sole net buyers.

Foreigners: Net Long | EGP +383.9 mn
Regional: Net Short | EGP -194.9 mn
Domestic: Net Short | EGP -189.0 mn

Retail: 32.2% of total trades | 30.9% of buyers | 33.4% of sellers
Institutions: 67.8% of total trades | 69.1% of buyers | 66.6% of sellers

Foreign: 51.5% of total | 57.0% of buyers | 45.9% of sellers
Regional: 11.6% of total | 8.8% of buyers | 14.4% of sellers
Domestic: 36.9% of total | 34.2% of buyers | 39.7% of sellers

WTI: USD 62.34 (+1.88%)
Brent: USD 66.21 (+1.67%)

Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 2.69 MMBtu, (+0.26%, April 2018 contract)
Gold: USD 1,312.30 / troy ounce (-0.42%)

TASI: 7,744.68 (-0.40%) (YTD: +7.17%)
ADX: 4,542.74 (+0.52%) (YTD: +3.28%)
DFM: 3,197.30 (+0.95%) (YTD: -5.13%)
KSE Weighted Index: 412.10 (+0.31%) (YTD: +2.66%)
QE: 8,847.79 (+1.11%) (YTD: +3.81%)
MSM: 4,896.93 (+0.05%) (YTD: -3.97%)
BB: 1,355.51 (-0.37%) (YTD: +1.79%)

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