The Market Yesterday
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 17.61 | Sell 17.71
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 17.58 | Sell 17.68
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 17.57 | Sell 17.67
EGX30 (Thursday): 17,833 (-1.9%)
Turnover: EGP 1.4 bn (22% ABOVE the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: +18.7%
THE MARKET ON THURSDAY: The EGX30 ended Thursday’s session down 1.9%. CIB, the index heaviest constituent ended down 1.7%. EGX30’s top performing constituents were GB Auto up 2.4%, Egyptian Iron & Steel up 1.7%, and Egypt Aluminum up 0.6%. Thursday’s worst performing stocks were Amer Group down 5.4%, Egyptian Resorts down 4.3%, and Global Telecom down 3.6%. The market turnover was EGP 1.4 bn, and foreign investors were the sole net sellers.
Foreigners: Net Short | EGP -92.4 mn
Regional: Net Long | EGP +48.6 mn
Domestic: Net Long | EGP +43.8 mn
Retail: 50.1% of total trades | 55.1% of buyers | 45.1% of sellers
Institutions: 49.9% of total trades | 44.9% of buyers | 54.9% of sellers
Foreign: 34.4% of total | 31.0% of buyers | 37.8% of sellers
Regional: 8.3% of total | 10.0% of buyers | 6.5% of sellers
Domestic: 57.3% of total | 58.9% of buyers | 55.7% of sellers
WTI: USD 69.72 (+1.89%)
Brent: USD 74.87 (+1.70%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 2.71 MMBtu, (-0.55%)
Gold: USD 1,314.70 / troy ounce (+0.15%)
TASI: 8,107.47 (+0.11%) (YTD: +12.19%)
ADX: 4,556.82 (-1.69%) (YTD: +3.60%)
DFM: 2,947.99 (-1.83%) (YTD: -12.52%)
KSE Premier Market: 4,791.84 (+0.28%)
QE: 8,805.76 (-1.65%) (YTD: +3.31%)
MSM: 4,725.63 (-0.11%) (YTD: -7.33%)
BB: 1,263.50 (+0.19%) (YTD: -5.12%)