The Market Yesterday
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 17.86 | Sell 17.96
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 17.86 | Sell 17.96
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 17.78 | Sell 17.88
EGX30 (Thursday): 16,634 (-0.2%)
Turnover: EGP 700 mn (39% BELOW the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: +10.7%
THE MARKET ON THURSDAY: The EGX30 ended Thursday session down 0.2%. CIB, the index heaviest constituent ended up 0.9%. EGX30’s top performing constituents were Emaar Misr up 2.5%, CIB up 0.9%, and Egyptian Aluminum up 0.8%. Thursday’s worst performing stocks were Porto Group down 3.3%, Qalaa Holdings down 3.3 %, and Pioneers Holding down 2.0%. The market turnover was EGP 700 mn, and local investors were the sole net sellers.
Foreigners: Net Long | EGP +54.6 mn
Regional: Net Long | EGP +5.4 mn
Domestic: Net Short | EGP -60.0 mn
Retail: 56.5% of total trades | 57.1% of buyers | 55.9% of sellers
Institutions: 43.5% of total trades | 42.9% of buyers | 44.1% of sellers
Foreign: 22.1% of total | 26.0% of buyers | 18.2% of sellers
Regional: 9.2% of total | 9.6% of buyers | 8.8% of sellers
Domestic: 68.7% of total | 64.4% of buyers | 73.0% of sellers
WTI: USD 67.88 (-4.00%)
Brent: USD 76.44 (-2.98%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 2.94 MMBtu, (-0.03%, June 2018 contract)
Gold: USD 1,309.00 / troy ounce (-0.06%)
TASI: 8,037.81 (-0.02%) (YTD: +11.23%)
ADX: 4,601.09 (+0.34%) (YTD: +4.61%)
DFM: 2,954.46 (+0.26%) (YTD: -12.33%)
KSE Premier Market: 4,687.71 (-0.65%)
QE: 9,049.19 (+0.55%) (YTD: +6.17%)
MSM: 4,564.45 (+0.17%) (YTD: -10.49%)
BB: 1,263.13 (-0.31%) (YTD: -5.15%)